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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 7794296" data-attributes="member: 518">A return to 4e style  monster design/stat blocks. No referencing outside the stat block, more interesting abilities that make monster unique in play. Scaling foes- so no more first 5 levels of play centered around orcs, kobolds, hobgoblin, ogres, and gnolls...boring.A revised Contest/Skill Challenge systemA detachment from the Great Wheel/PS Cosmology and lore.No need to include classes like the Cleric or Magic Users to ensure enough "firepower" and healing or a "balanced" party.Per encounter/scene resource management and adventure design philosophy. Remove the "per day" design."Open slot cyclic initiative"  (e.g FFG Star Wars)  or return to round to round initiative. Non pass/fail or non binary resolution mechanics. PF2 is trying, albeit in a 3.5 kind of game design mentality. D&D should move into the 21st century as well. "fail forward" is easy to preach, but if the mechanics are still binary it feels forced and klunky.A very small sample sandbox core setting ala Nentir Vale tied into the rulebooks. Address "classic" settings in the DMG, and offer them for sale otherwise. I feel D&D needs to return to it's roots as a playground of your own making, not the Forgotten Realms Roleplaying Game.Availability of smaller adventures ala LMoP. Focus on bonus/penalties for attributes- not stat scores.(e.g. my STR is +3, not 17)Return to big 3 defenses/saves- F/R/W and tie 2 abilities into each score.Things I would keep from 5E:A/DLair/Legendary ActionsCharacter Class complexityDM adjudication focusBounded Accuracy aka- Hit often, get hit often.</blockquote>

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