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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9227127" data-attributes="member: 7635">My guessesAbility score modifiers smooth out. Maybe not like the 3e onward math, but I think you see some level of standardization. Exceptional Strength is gone and replaced with a smoother strength mod curve. Humans would get a racial feature and level limits go. I think race class restrictions would be lessened if not removed. The assassin, monk, and barbarian return to the PHB, as does half-orc. Sorcerer might also, as they are remarkably easy to backport (cf Baldur's Gate 2). Many of the Player's Options abilities for combat which took weapon proficiencies become &quot;feats&quot;. Classes can buy proficiency in a group of weapons or in these &quot;feat&quot; maneuvers. Fighters get a little more combat ability in the ability to pick up free combat maneuvers. Thieves pick up some of their later class features (evasion, sneak attack) as well.Clerics get something closer to the domain system: a core list of spells plus a few spheres that grant them extra spell choices. The wizard opposition schools would be relaxed slightly, and spells move schools. AC is flipped upwards, but still capped at around 30 (-10). Monsters get full ability score suites. Saves are more clearly defined while keeping the 5 classic groups. Skills would probably be redone, though I'm not sure how. I imagine it would look a lot like how 2e made some larger changes and clarified a lot of things but kept the core mechanics the same. The ones I picked were a lot of the sore-spots that were often times houseruled by the end of 2e or had a few takes at them via the Player's Options system. I think the goal would have been to streamline and clarify, but not necessarily re-invent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9227127, member: 7635"] My guesses Ability score modifiers smooth out. Maybe not like the 3e onward math, but I think you see some level of standardization. Exceptional Strength is gone and replaced with a smoother strength mod curve. Humans would get a racial feature and level limits go. I think race class restrictions would be lessened if not removed. The assassin, monk, and barbarian return to the PHB, as does half-orc. Sorcerer might also, as they are remarkably easy to backport (cf Baldur's Gate 2). Many of the Player's Options abilities for combat which took weapon proficiencies become "feats". Classes can buy proficiency in a group of weapons or in these "feat" maneuvers. Fighters get a little more combat ability in the ability to pick up free combat maneuvers. Thieves pick up some of their later class features (evasion, sneak attack) as well. Clerics get something closer to the domain system: a core list of spells plus a few spheres that grant them extra spell choices. The wizard opposition schools would be relaxed slightly, and spells move schools. AC is flipped upwards, but still capped at around 30 (-10). Monsters get full ability score suites. Saves are more clearly defined while keeping the 5 classic groups. Skills would probably be redone, though I'm not sure how. I imagine it would look a lot like how 2e made some larger changes and clarified a lot of things but kept the core mechanics the same. The ones I picked were a lot of the sore-spots that were often times houseruled by the end of 2e or had a few takes at them via the Player's Options system. I think the goal would have been to streamline and clarify, but not necessarily re-invent. [/QUOTE]

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