I feel like 5e is 4e essentials with slower math, more builds, and more opaque wording.
Essentials skill used AED but every class got different amounts instead of everyone using the same structure. Ability Score for race was deemphasized over racial features. The default gameplay style and genre was heroic fantasy and slightly higher than normal magic rather than high magic sword and sorcery. Skills were condenses and encouraged more freeform applications and DM adjudication.
Essentials skill used AED but every class got different amounts instead of everyone using the same structure. Ability Score for race was deemphasized over racial features. The default gameplay style and genre was heroic fantasy and slightly higher than normal magic rather than high magic sword and sorcery. Skills were condenses and encouraged more freeform applications and DM adjudication.