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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eyes of Nine" data-source="post: 9224265" data-attributes="member: 99786">For players:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Playbooks <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make clear on playbook what stuff is important mechanically, and what stuff is fluff. Like Height weight etc is meaningless.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remove ability scores, use only bonuses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Standard array pre-defined per class</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4 races, each gets only one feat. What races they are, I don't actually think it matters - maybe give the DM all the current ones; but tell them to limit it to 4</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remove Darkvision; OR give everyone darkvision</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There's only one kind of non-magical damage: "Non-magical damage" or "Mundane damage"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Non-combat Equipment is assumed as "you have it, now write it down and subtract one from N" up to N items (I'm not sure which game has this mechanism, but it's elegant and simple and good</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spells: no components. No concentration (anything that's concentration is a ritual instead). All spells are defended by saving throws, not by AC (ie, no more Spell Attacks)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No skills. DM decides what attribute applies in any given situation and player uses that stat's bonus</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No Proficiency bonus</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get rid of Personality Traits, Ideals and Bonds. KEEP Flaws, see below</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">YES Inspiration but each player starts with 2 per session, and they can give them to their allies (both PC and NPC/creature). It's a simple mechanic that's criminally underused imho.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PCs can gain more inspiration by playing their Flaws in a way that is not in their favor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eliminate Feats</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Conditions - Reduce or eliminate Conditions. Simply go with Advantage on attacks and Disads on various Saves, and impact to Movement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advancement - XP is very understood by today's modern gamer. For good or ill, most video and computer games have adopted the TTRPG XP concept, and so it's well grokked. Double down on XP, but the current scale is whacky. Go with something simple (our goal!) like 100x your current level to advance. If you are first level, you need 100xp to advance. If you are 2nd level, you need an additional 200xp to advance.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get rid of Spell slots. Give each spellcaster a certain number of power points, and each spell costs a certain number of points. Easy peasy, simple dimple</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get rid of complicated formulas for calculating how many spells a PC can know/prepare/memorize</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use the word level judiciously. Stop using it for Spells. Please?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A BETTER DESIGNED CHARACTER SHEET. But I'll stop here</li> </ul>For DMs<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monsters<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remove Invulnerability, use only Resistances</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since we removed skills for PCs, remove those for monsters too</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since we removed proficiency for PCs, remove the "saving throw" line, since that is basically the ability score plus the notional "proficiency" the monster gets</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remove Alignment for monsters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Give monsters a "Powers" section for attacks, a section for defenses, and a section for "other specials"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magic using monsters - remove spell lists, provide a few iconic powers instead</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ADD 5-10 word "motivation" sentence to each monster so DM knows how it behaves outside of combat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ADD 2-3 bullet points on "tactics" for what monster will typically do in combat (one of the best things about 4e!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eliminate in official BD&D (or whatever this edition is called) adventures any description of monetary treasure that isn't currency. Honestly, nobody cares if there's an obsidian statue of a jackal headed monkey if it has no bearing on the current adventure as a clue. Just say "various treasures and trinkets worth 25gp". </li> </ul>I'm running out of steam, but there's a ton of opportunity to make the newbie DM's life easier too</blockquote>

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