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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7610178" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>Mearls came right out and said it, in a pre-playtest L&L. Not just groups will be able to play 5e (Next) like it was their past-fave ed, but that /different players at the same table/ would be able to play their characters like they were still in their favorite respective past eds! </p><p>It was total pie-in-the-sky idealism, and the effort wasn't ever really undertaken to deliver it. </p><p></p><p>But, /a/ point, as the playtest progressed, still seemed to at least try to be … not repulsive … to fans who exclusively (dis)liked one prior edition for whatever reasons (even though they were distinctly in the minority, according to playtest-era polling that concluded the majority if D&D fans were not fans nor detractors of any one particular edition, but just fans of the game, in general). </p><p>That is, 5e was meant to be a 'big tent' inclusive of the entire fanbase, in spite of how fractured it seemed in the aftermath of the edition war.</p><p></p><p> I've totally run 5e very much like 1e with no formal adjustments whatsoever, just on the fly rulings, and attitude - it's remarkably well-suited to 1e style DMing, IMHO/X - perhaps it's different from the other side of the screen. I didn't have the same experience trying to run it like 4e (nor 3.5), but another DM I know routinely ran her 5e combats on a grid, casually using 4e rules on movement, placement, flanking, AEs and the like, with minimal issues. </p><p></p><p>It's no where near that one L&L's sweetness & light aspirations, but it's not completely the opposite direction, either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7610178, member: 996"] Mearls came right out and said it, in a pre-playtest L&L. Not just groups will be able to play 5e (Next) like it was their past-fave ed, but that /different players at the same table/ would be able to play their characters like they were still in their favorite respective past eds! It was total pie-in-the-sky idealism, and the effort wasn't ever really undertaken to deliver it. But, /a/ point, as the playtest progressed, still seemed to at least try to be … not repulsive … to fans who exclusively (dis)liked one prior edition for whatever reasons (even though they were distinctly in the minority, according to playtest-era polling that concluded the majority if D&D fans were not fans nor detractors of any one particular edition, but just fans of the game, in general). That is, 5e was meant to be a 'big tent' inclusive of the entire fanbase, in spite of how fractured it seemed in the aftermath of the edition war. I've totally run 5e very much like 1e with no formal adjustments whatsoever, just on the fly rulings, and attitude - it's remarkably well-suited to 1e style DMing, IMHO/X - perhaps it's different from the other side of the screen. I didn't have the same experience trying to run it like 4e (nor 3.5), but another DM I know routinely ran her 5e combats on a grid, casually using 4e rules on movement, placement, flanking, AEs and the like, with minimal issues. It's no where near that one L&L's sweetness & light aspirations, but it's not completely the opposite direction, either. [/QUOTE]
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