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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 6597143">Hussar, if you want to have a conversation with me, please don't tell my what is going on in my own head. Thanks. I get that you might find power attack dissociative. Personally I honestly don't see it. To me power attack connects pretty cleanly to what actions my character is taking, so it isn't something I find dissociative during play.I don't what to tell you. I like AD&D, I am fine with 3E (though I had issues with it) and 5E looks promising (but like I've said several times, I've not had much time for it yet so that is just my preliminary reaction to a quick read of the PHB). 4E I didn't like. It simply didn't work for me. I don't know why you are so invested in this idea that if someone liked these other editions they must somehow also like 4E or they are inconsistent because of some selective reasons you've come up with. Dissociative mechanics is one thing that clicked with me when I encountered it as one of several reasons why the edition didn't do it for me. Since then, I've folded the concept into my own design and found it very, very useful. If others don't, no big deal. We are all just trying to find explanations for why we like and dislike certain things in order to improve our game experience. I just don't understand the hostility.</blockquote>