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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7804180" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Nothing on that list adds value to my campaign. I prefer things to be a little more Tolkien-esque.Honestly, aside from the dragonborn, the rest of that list could be summarized as "crazy magic nonsense"; and even the dragonborn are a little far out there. It's fine if you're playing in an absurd ultra-magic setting, like the Forgotten Realms, but it doesn't fit with anything more mainstream.I like the proficiency system in 5E, and the half-level bonus that came before it. I have nothing against a wizard and a fighter having the same chance to hit, all else being equal, because those other things are rarely equal.I hate the concept of Hit Dice and healing surges, along with any game mechanic which hinges on the idea that a hit (within the game mechanics) isn't really a hit (within the narrative). The whole reason I'm relying on a huge system of game mechanics is so that it can tell us what happens next, whenever we take an action; so game mechanics that exist primarily for their own sake, without codified meaning within the narrative, are kind of pointless. Likewise, I'm not a fan of the whole "change any fluff you want, because the mechanics are the only thing that matter" thing.</blockquote>