D&D General Design issues with 5e

Stalker0 · 2026-03-12T15:01:25+0000

One thing that I haven't seen mentioned is the crappiness of treasure in 5e. Not the magic items I think those are generally fine (as always there are a few eye brow raising ones and some stinkers, but on the whole they are good).

I'm talking raw gold. Everyone jokes in 5e about "useless gold". We got the stronghold rules which were....pretty meh. Finding a way to have that treasure be meaningful in some way would be great to see.

UngeheuerLich · 2026-03-12T15:02:56+0000

Horwath said:
That is why I said, do the opposite,
3rd or 5th or 6th level features, 1st level HPs.

Sorry. Missed that. Can you ex0lain it a bit more?

5th level features like extra attack at level 1 might be excessive. On the other hand, it could be totally ok.

Stalker0 · 2026-03-12T15:06:21+0000

In reading over the entire thread, so far it seems the most common answer is the skills system. I agree with that, so if we are looking for "consensus" that so is the biggest one I have seen.

Horwath · 2026-03-12T16:05:28+0000

UngeheuerLich said:
Sorry. Missed that. Can you ex0lain it a bit more?

5th level features like extra attack at level 1 might be excessive. On the other hand, it could be totally ok.

yeah,

if you want to have capable heroes but still feel very fragile, you reduce HP,
you have good skills, but still, one sword swing can bring you down.