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<blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 8724887" data-attributes="member: 27996">The 5e version could have been the 2e Symbaroum. (I have it.) But they wussed out, and played it safe...They could have taken their roll under d20 rules, and converted them to roll high d20 - mapping it over to the six ability scores, AC, and largely Fixed HP, but keeping the player facing rolls.Yes some of the suggested 'archetypes' would have been made into 'classes', but after level 1 PC's could largely progress the same way. This would also have given them the chance to refine the abilities and correct known OP combinations.It could have been a great game. Having just enough 5e familiarity to draw in new players, but different enough to give them an entirely different gameplay experience to core 5e.But they didn't - its just another setting veneer on top of core 5e gameplay.I'm rather excited for Dragonbane. I've always wanted a streamlined version of RQ for more Tolkienesque fairytale fantasy.So I do hope that the design/crunch, tends more towards the magic world end of the scale as opposed to full on RQ level crunch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaeger, post: 8724887, member: 27996"] The 5e version could have been the 2e Symbaroum. (I have it.) But they wussed out, and played it safe... They could have taken their roll under d20 rules, and converted them to roll high d20 - mapping it over to the six ability scores, AC, and largely Fixed HP, but keeping the player facing rolls. Yes some of the suggested 'archetypes' would have been made into 'classes', but after level 1 PC's could largely progress the same way. This would also have given them the chance to refine the abilities and correct known OP combinations. It could have been a great game. Having just enough 5e familiarity to draw in new players, but different enough to give them an entirely different gameplay experience to core 5e. But they didn't - its just another setting veneer on top of core 5e gameplay. I'm rather excited for Dragonbane. I've always wanted a streamlined version of RQ for more Tolkienesque fairytale fantasy. So I do hope that the design/crunch, tends more towards the magic world end of the scale as opposed to full on RQ level crunch. [/QUOTE]

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