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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7560024" data-attributes="member: 20564">I know this isn't the advice you are looking for, but I'd playtest the system at a few different tiers of play first to understand the baseline before making sweeping changes.That said, trying to be helpful:HealingYou could change it so that you can only spend HD on a long rest, not a short.  And take out the auto-ful-HPs after a long rest.  HD healing is a lot less in practice then you might think, and you only get back half your HD a night so it's long term attrition.  Between those you should get the feel of relying on magical healing of earlier editions.Ability ScoresFor ability scores, 5e math does assume that generally you'll eventually hit 20 (though 18 is more reasonable then most think), and for some classes where you have a strong secondary ability score they expect you'll get that to a 16+ range.  One issue is that some classes trigger off a high prime ability score in more telling ways.  A bard with 3 uses of bardic inspiration at high levels is a lot different then one with 5.  So just offsetting the growth of it by adding some to proficiency has different effects based on class.It also has further ripples - it makes having a race with a good bonus to your prime ability score required because that's set in stone and will have so much more affect on how your character plays then a bonus to any other ability score.  This narrowing of viable concepts I dislike.This is a big mechanical change, but the reason given for making the change isn't mechanical at all, yet will require a mechanical resolution.  Just think of this as the natural results of focusing on it, much like a bodybuilder would increase what they could lift.  That shift in viewpoint may alleviate this as an issue.  Because this will have large shifts in play if removed.</blockquote>

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