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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6362141" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.&nbsp; As Sacrosanct said...being able to daze, stun, etc. is still there, just not in so many hard-coded &quot;If I do X then Y happens&quot; parlance of 3.x/4e/PF. The 5e system is obviously focusing on using broad strokes to paint a general picture and then relying on the players and DM to give it the details. With the simplicity of the system, it makes it dirt simple for a DM to make consistent and fair rulings. &nbsp; Me? I find myself falling into the &quot;Advantage/Disadvantage&quot; mechanic a lot. For example, if a PC was brawling with some rakes in a seedy bar and the player says &quot;I grab one of the mugs of ale and smack it upside his head! I want to get an advantage here because they have weapons&quot;. As a DM, I'd say &quot;Make an attack at Disadvantage please&quot;. If the player made it...&quot;Your mug bursts open on the side of his face, causing ale and shards of hardened clay to cascade across his face [*rolls Con save*...fails]. The rake screams in pain and grabs at his face. You have Advantage next round as he's a bit dazed&quot;.&nbsp; To me, that's the beauty of 5e. Quick and easy, making on-the-fly rulings not only fair, but fun for me to DM.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 6362141, member: 45197"] Hiya. As Sacrosanct said...being able to daze, stun, etc. is still there, just not in so many hard-coded "If I do X then Y happens" parlance of 3.x/4e/PF. The 5e system is obviously focusing on using broad strokes to paint a general picture and then relying on the players and DM to give it the details. With the simplicity of the system, it makes it dirt simple for a DM to make consistent and fair rulings. Me? I find myself falling into the "Advantage/Disadvantage" mechanic a lot. For example, if a PC was brawling with some rakes in a seedy bar and the player says "I grab one of the mugs of ale and smack it upside his head! I want to get an advantage here because they have weapons". As a DM, I'd say "Make an attack at Disadvantage please". If the player made it..."Your mug bursts open on the side of his face, causing ale and shards of hardened clay to cascade across his face [*rolls Con save*...fails]. The rake screams in pain and grabs at his face. You have Advantage next round as he's a bit dazed". To me, that's the beauty of 5e. Quick and easy, making on-the-fly rulings not only fair, but fun for me to DM. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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