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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8272424" data-attributes="member: 18">I would completely agree.5E is a weird game when closely analyzed. It has some forward-looking and modern elements, and some ancient ones, but once you get outside the core of the PHB, i.e. the races/classes/skills/combat etc., it gets more and more sketchy and half-arsed-seeming, like they nailed down the core and then just rushed to add in other systems with very little consideration. Much of the DMG seems deeply half-arsed, and the optional rules are especially poorly-considered, and seem like something someone dashed off (at least in terms of thinking them through, I'm sure the actual layout, editing, etc. took ages) in a serious hurry.Inspiration feels like it was from some earlier "build" of 5E where Advantage was really hard to come by and amazing to use, not pretty routine (which it is in 5E, RAW) and basically just equivalent to a +4.5 bonus to most rolls (I mean, it's more complicated but...). Even as a re-roll, capping it at 1 seems silly - the idea seems to be that you'll pass it around, as RAW you can "give" your Inspiration to other players if you have it, but the fact that it has to be pre-payed before you even roll (because all it does is give Advantage) and doesn't stack with Advantage means it's pretty lame.The internet has dedicated a lot of time to "fixing" it though - in one group I play in it's still capped at 1 but gives you a re-roll (at Advantage/Disadvantage if you had that condition) and can be passed around or used on other people's rolls including after the roll, and in another it's capped at 3 and stacks with Advantage or negates Disadvantage, but can't be passed around (that game also uses Hero Points to add to the confusion).Ahhhh very interesting. That actually makes me more likely to buy it hilariously. I was studiously ignoring it because I hate roll-under systems and was under the impression 2d20 is roll-under (which I think is correct), but this seems potentially cool. I do agree though that I suspect it'd be selling less well if more people knew that!</blockquote>

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