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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8582413" data-attributes="member: 6855114">Yep, but the fact that 4ed did it so well overshadowed its other good points. Of course all editions of D&amp;D had combat. But before 4ed, never was it so well developped both on the players and DMs' side.Except for the length of combat at high level, 4ed did it way better. The length was a bit too long at top tier, but it could be managed by using minions. As for other systems...I know my fair share too. And yes, 5ed is faster than most. But it is poorly implemented unless you heavily use optional rules. It is exactly because 5ed is relatively generic that it can shine in so many styles.Role Play? 5ed can do it easily with a nice pace for narrative. Since combat is so downgraded in 5ed, it leaves for a nice narrative styles that fits YouTube. CR is but one example.Exploration? As any RPG it can be done. The rules are a bit light and you pretty much need splat books such as XGtE.Free Form? Monsters and NPC are well defined and easy enough to improvise without much problem.Dungeon Crawl? Yep, easy to do if you follow the 6-8 encounters.A Diceless game? A bit harder, but we have done games in which no dice were used. Mainly RP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8582413, member: 6855114"] Yep, but the fact that 4ed did it so well overshadowed its other good points. Of course all editions of D&D had combat. But before 4ed, never was it so well developped both on the players and DMs' side. Except for the length of combat at high level, 4ed did it way better. The length was a bit too long at top tier, but it could be managed by using minions. As for other systems... I know my fair share too. And yes, 5ed is faster than most. But it is poorly implemented unless you heavily use optional rules. It is exactly because 5ed is relatively generic that it can shine in so many styles. Role Play? 5ed can do it easily with a nice pace for narrative. Since combat is so downgraded in 5ed, it leaves for a nice narrative styles that fits YouTube. CR is but one example. Exploration? As any RPG it can be done. The rules are a bit light and you pretty much need splat books such as XGtE. Free Form? Monsters and NPC are well defined and easy enough to improvise without much problem. Dungeon Crawl? Yep, easy to do if you follow the 6-8 encounters. A Diceless game? A bit harder, but we have done games in which no dice were used. Mainly RP. [/QUOTE]

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