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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5975203" data-attributes="member: 996">It is possible to &quot;wing&quot; Hero.&nbsp; I've done it, for much of a campaign, in fact.&nbsp; As with any system you just have to be very familiar with it... there's just a lot to be very familiar with. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; And, of course, there's a knack to it that's not entirely learned - part of it is just liking to run in that style.&nbsp; I know very good DMs who will not 'wing' anything more than they absolutely have to.Bounded accuracy is just the 4e treadmill switched off.&nbsp; Ability-score saving throws I seem to recall from classic D&amp;D (maybe 2e - not in the same sense, mind you, it was rolling under your stat for things not covered by regular saves).&nbsp; Skills by Background reminds me strongly of the AD&amp;D 'secondary skill' table, where you determined what sort of work you were learning to do before you took up adventuring. Advantage/Disadvantage is the only new idea I noticed in the playtest.&nbsp; Not sure how good an idea it is, but it's new.&nbsp; And, even it's not /that/ new, as 4e was full of re-rolls.&nbsp; So, celebrate D&amp;D's origin, while at the same time denying its roots?&nbsp; D&amp;D grew out of Chainmail, which was a wargame, and 0D&amp;D had 'wargames' and 'miniature figures' right on the cover.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5975203, member: 996"] It is possible to "wing" Hero. I've done it, for much of a campaign, in fact. As with any system you just have to be very familiar with it... there's just a lot to be very familiar with. ;) And, of course, there's a knack to it that's not entirely learned - part of it is just liking to run in that style. I know very good DMs who will not 'wing' anything more than they absolutely have to. Bounded accuracy is just the 4e treadmill switched off. Ability-score saving throws I seem to recall from classic D&D (maybe 2e - not in the same sense, mind you, it was rolling under your stat for things not covered by regular saves). Skills by Background reminds me strongly of the AD&D 'secondary skill' table, where you determined what sort of work you were learning to do before you took up adventuring. Advantage/Disadvantage is the only new idea I noticed in the playtest. Not sure how good an idea it is, but it's new. And, even it's not /that/ new, as 4e was full of re-rolls. So, celebrate D&D's origin, while at the same time denying its roots? D&D grew out of Chainmail, which was a wargame, and 0D&D had 'wargames' and 'miniature figures' right on the cover. [/QUOTE]

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