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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7664940" data-attributes="member: 42582">I agree that 5e is presented quite differently from 4e.Turning to "encourage" - that is a word that can have multiple meanings. It can refer to a speech act - ie uttering (or, in this context, writing) words of encouragement.And it can refer to a facilitative act - ie providing someone with the means to do something.Obviously the twos sorts of acts can coincide, but also one can occur without the other.My sense is that the jury is still out on the sort of play that 5e facilitates. For instance, I don't think the implications of the Inspiration mechanic have been fully explored at all (at least in public) - it's a huge new thing for D&D (it certainly wasn't part of 4e!, though perhaps it should have been) and I've seen hardly any discussion of it, to date, in terms of its contribution to the 5e play experience.</blockquote>