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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9621562" data-attributes="member: 6906155">They tried to fix a long-standing issue with the earlier editions of D&amp;D (particularly 3rd, but it was also an issue in 1st and 2nd - see Baldur's Gate 2) of attack and AC numbers becoming wildly out of step. Bounded Accuracy made the problem less, but it wasn't a complete fix.But this is not why WotC introduced 5e. That was because 4e wasn't selling. This is just something they tried to fix whilst they were about it.I don't know what the marketers actually said, because I gave up on D&amp;D after 3rd edition, and didn't come back to it until I discovered 5e didn't suck, but everyone knows not to believe market speak because its bovine excrement.No, it does not. The reason D&amp;D doesn't do &quot;gritty survival&quot; is that Conan never died from dysentery or running out of water whist crossing the desert. D&amp;D was never an Oregon Trail RPG, not even in 1st edition. Create Food and Drink and Leomund's Tiny Hut have been a part of D&amp;D since 1st edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9621562, member: 6906155"] They tried to fix a long-standing issue with the earlier editions of D&D (particularly 3rd, but it was also an issue in 1st and 2nd - see Baldur's Gate 2) of attack and AC numbers becoming wildly out of step. Bounded Accuracy made the problem less, but it wasn't a complete fix. But this is not [B]why[/B] WotC introduced 5e. That was because 4e wasn't selling. This is just something they tried to fix whilst they were about it. I don't know what the marketers actually [I]said[/I], because I gave up on D&D after 3rd edition, and didn't come back to it until I discovered 5e didn't suck, but everyone knows not to believe market speak because its bovine excrement. No, it does not. The reason D&D doesn't do "gritty survival" is that Conan never died from dysentery or running out of water whist crossing the desert. D&D was never an Oregon Trail RPG, not even in 1st edition. [I]Create Food and Drink[/I] and [I]Leomund's Tiny Hut[/I] have been a part of D&D since 1st edition. [/QUOTE]

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