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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rainbow Scissors" data-source="post: 9778560" data-attributes="member: 7052820">My previous post was based upon what is stated in the 2014 DMG. If a creature can fly, that may mean it is treated as having an AC that is 2 higher, but only if it can also deal damage from range and has an expected challenge rating of less than 10. That somewhat makes a little bit of sense, being that higher levels may have more options for dealing with flight, but it's still very undervalue. While it may be understood that other modes of movement might be treated similarly, that is unclear based upon later commentary since then.From a quick glance, things that the 2014 DMG explicitly states have 0 value include Special Senses, Skill bonuses (which could be used for grapple, shove, and other things in 5e14,) and Telepathy. I feel that being able to move quickly (or with more versality,) being able to better sense the location of an enemy, and being able to communicate silently are factors that have value.Those are a few examples that can all be found on the same page of the 2014 DMG.  There are also other examples that can be found throughout the core books. The skill example no longer applies to revised-5E because grapple, shove, and similar things are now handled differently. The overall point is that there are faulty assumptions (concerning what is or is not tactically or strategically valuable) upon which 5E is built. While some of those things may appear to be minor details, I believe that glossing over those details contributes to the disconnect between how the game is/was designed and how the game is/was played. The goal of making that disconnect smaller is not a strictly by-the-numbers problem. Making adjustments to the underlying assumptions upon which the game is designed would also be an improvement.</blockquote>

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