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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8354472" data-attributes="member: 67296">Oh, 5e absolutely borrows from 4e, but in answer to the OP (why 5e resembles 2e AD&D), I left 4e out on purpose.My experience of 4th is limited, but I think 5e is more than a slightly modified 4th ed D&D however. 5e's DNA markup has as much of older edition than of 4e, and more than just because 4e itself had a lot of baggage from previous editions. However, there is no denial that 4e was as much of a departure from 3e that 5e is, if not more.5e is a re-balance of character options and DM role, and calls back to AD&D in more ways than just presentation (theatre of the mind and de-emphasizing of tactical map-and-minis is one I didn't list). It is a remarkable exercise in synthesis actually, and a good example of non-linear evolution, and even if it borrows substantially from 4e, 4e isn't it's sole progenitor.</blockquote>