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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5670582" data-attributes="member: 22424">I disagree. I think they could inject some of that 'feel', but their mistake was doing it in the mechanics. The place for that stuff is in settings and adventures.WotC could go a long way to getting back the AD&D feel with a single sourcebook dedicated to 'gritty' dungeon-crawling. Call it the "Dungeoneer's Survival Guide"; and pack it with a much more punishing encumbrance system; rules for tracking ammunition and rations; mundane items like the 10 ft pole, iron spikes, and so on. Basically, an optional sourcebook to bring back a lot of the non-combat dungeoneering stuff that has largely disappeared in 3e and 4e.The book should also include a significant number of weak artifacts. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it really isn't: they should be unique magic items with detailed and flavourful back-stories and unique powers that aren't available from any other items. Perhaps some (or all!) of the items should be intelligent.WotC could also do a range of "new old-school" adventure modules, running light on the plot, but also including a far wider network of available paths through the module than the current offerings (which tend heavily towards the railroad). Possibly even a megadungeon, if they dared.And, finally, they could offer a much more 'classical' setting than the magic-heavy (and apocalyptic) Forgotten Realms, the magic-punk Eberron, or the post-apoc Dark Sun. Indeed, they might be well served by dusting off Greyhawk and offering it in an unapologetically old-school manner.</blockquote>

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