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5E as a Rewritten 4E with Flavor Bits from Other Editions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 5797451" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>I think it's pretty clear from the various comments made by the designers that 5e won't just be a rewritten 4e. I think you will be able to see certain 4e influences, but it won't simply be 4.5 with bonus early edition flavor.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it will be a 1.5e, or 2.5e, or 3.75e either though. I expect that all of the editions will have influenced the design.</p><p></p><p>Considering that they've stated the the core will be as simple as possible, that leaves 3e and 4e out of the running as the basis entirely. I still think we'll see their influences though. For example, they've already mentioned that they're looking to balance the classes, which is a 4e influence (I think they actually called out the role Essentials played in this). For another, they're looking to base multiclassing on 3e. So on and so forth...</p><p></p><p>While I'm confident it will be a d20 system, I'm somewhat doubtful that you'll be able to point to a single edition and say, "THIS is the edition 5e was based upon!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 5797451, member: 53980"] I think it's pretty clear from the various comments made by the designers that 5e won't just be a rewritten 4e. I think you will be able to see certain 4e influences, but it won't simply be 4.5 with bonus early edition flavor. I don't think it will be a 1.5e, or 2.5e, or 3.75e either though. I expect that all of the editions will have influenced the design. Considering that they've stated the the core will be as simple as possible, that leaves 3e and 4e out of the running as the basis entirely. I still think we'll see their influences though. For example, they've already mentioned that they're looking to balance the classes, which is a 4e influence (I think they actually called out the role Essentials played in this). For another, they're looking to base multiclassing on 3e. So on and so forth... While I'm confident it will be a d20 system, I'm somewhat doubtful that you'll be able to point to a single edition and say, "THIS is the edition 5e was based upon!" [/QUOTE]
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