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<blockquote data-quote="Texicles" data-source="post: 5927126" data-attributes="member: 6694608">I'm not sufficiently versed in older editions to make a call on what qualifies as &quot;old school.&quot; It's pretty subjective how one defines &quot;old,&quot; unless you were rocking 1st ed.I did in fact catch the piece of fine print, however, and perhaps it could have been phrased differently. Regardless, I like both the feel of the BG/T, as well as the optional nature of it.As to the somewhat off-topic (but valid point of discussion imo) debate about Slayer. I'm not opposed to it, for two different reasons.First, if you buy into HP as an abstract for more than just absolute physical wherewithal, then Slayer can be justified as getting tired out/demoralized by a raging maniac swinging a weapon at you over and over.Second, if you prefer to think of HP as purely a measure of how much bodily harm you can take before dying, Slayer can be justified as well-executed attacks from a skilled warrior that, when rebuffed by armor, still hurt.Finally (and one of the strengths of the 5e concept in my mind) is that, if those two justifications don't do it for you, scrap it and run the game how you want, because things shouldn't break without it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Texicles, post: 5927126, member: 6694608"] I'm not sufficiently versed in older editions to make a call on what qualifies as "old school." It's pretty subjective how one defines "old," unless you were rocking 1st ed. I did in fact catch the piece of fine print, however, and perhaps it could have been phrased differently. Regardless, I like both the feel of the BG/T, as well as the optional nature of it. As to the somewhat off-topic (but valid point of discussion imo) debate about Slayer. I'm not opposed to it, for two different reasons. First, if you buy into HP as an abstract for more than just absolute physical wherewithal, then Slayer can be justified as getting tired out/demoralized by a raging maniac swinging a weapon at you over and over. Second, if you prefer to think of HP as purely a measure of how much bodily harm you can take before dying, Slayer can be justified as well-executed attacks from a skilled warrior that, when rebuffed by armor, still hurt. Finally (and one of the strengths of the 5e concept in my mind) is that, if those two justifications don't do it for you, scrap it and run the game how you want, because things shouldn't break without it. [/QUOTE]

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