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<blockquote data-quote="MoutonRustique" data-source="post: 7557774" data-attributes="member: 22362">I've not done the math on this, but if you're looking for longer &quot;4e-more&quot; feeling combats, I imagine these changes could be applied &quot;on the fly&quot; without to much trouble :<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">double monster hp</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">give all characters a new bonus action that allows using 1/2 level HD to self-heal when they have fewer than half their hp remaining. You must complete a long or short rest before you can use this ability again.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">... I would probably double the amount of HD a character has to &quot;compensate&quot;</li>
</ul>It should allow for 1 or 2 more rounds and offer that &quot;spring-back&quot; feel. After that, it's a matter of giving monsters appropriately-thematic riders to their attacks, or a few special abilities to give them more personality in play.I'm a big fan of the 13thAge approach of applying effects based on the attack roll. A simple example : Ogre - on 15+, push back 10 feet. On even roll, target adjacent character (no new roll). On 20, knock prone.These are cumulative (apply all that... apply.) So a &quot;20&quot; actually has all three effects. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Or, if you're rolling damage, you can apply some effects on high/low damage rolls.Having these things trigger really frees-up brain space, and tends to make it flow smoother at the table. (IF the triggers are simple and few in number.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoutonRustique, post: 7557774, member: 22362"] I've not done the math on this, but if you're looking for longer "4e-more" feeling combats, I imagine these changes could be applied "on the fly" without to much trouble : [list] [*]double monster hp [*]give all characters a new bonus action that allows using 1/2 level HD to self-heal when they have fewer than half their hp remaining. You must complete a long or short rest before you can use this ability again. [*]... I would probably double the amount of HD a character has to "compensate" [/list] It should allow for 1 or 2 more rounds and offer that "spring-back" feel. After that, it's a matter of giving monsters appropriately-thematic riders to their attacks, or a few special abilities to give them more personality in play. I'm a big fan of the 13thAge approach of applying effects based on the attack roll. A simple example : Ogre - on 15+, push back 10 feet. On even roll, target adjacent character (no new roll). On 20, knock prone. These are cumulative (apply all that... apply.) So a "20" actually has all three effects. ;) Or, if you're rolling damage, you can apply some effects on high/low damage rolls. Having these things [I]trigger[/I] really frees-up brain space, and tends to make it flow smoother at the table. ([I]IF[/I] the triggers are simple and few in number.) [/QUOTE]

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