D&D 5E "I Have Grandfathered or Incorporated Rules/Features from Previous Editions of D&D into my 5E campaigns." (a poll)

[el-remmen]

Wait, a nat 20 isn't an autosave in 5E?!?

And a nat 1 is not an auto-fail. . . I was surprised too - but I still play it that way.

 

[billd91]

And a nat 1 is not an auto-fail. . . I was surprised too - but I still play it that way.

Yeah, I believe this is the second WotC edition that has omitted auto success/fail on saving throws. 3.0 omitted them, but they were restored in 3.5. Now 5e.

 

[el-remmen]

3.0 omitted them

Learning that I was houseruling something 22 years later has got me like. . .

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, I believe this is the second WotC edition that has omitted auto success/fail on saving throws. 3.0 omitted them, but they were restored in 3.5. Now 5e.

So I wentr to 5esrd.com to pull it up and I can't even find a dedicated entry on saving throws. Weird.

 

[CleverNickName]

Oh all the time. I do it so much and so often, that other DMs have accused me of running a 'hybrid' system. Kits getting recycled as Backgrounds, prestige classes getting repurposed as Subclasses, countless monsters from BECM getting upgraded to 5E (and 5E monsters being retrograded back to their BECM qualities), all that.

 

[toucanbuzz]

Yeah, I found out the saving throw thing a few weeks ago in a "rules you didn't know" column. A5E reinstated that old-school rule for saving throws, and next campaign (I don't like to change rules mid-stream), we'll go back to how I've been erroneously doing it.

 

[billd91]

So I wentr to 5esrd.com to pull it up and I can't even find a dedicated entry on saving throws. Weird.

Check in the section about Using Ability Scores. In the 5e SRD (version 5.1), it's on page 83. It's the very last section. On 5esrd.com, it's in the section on Ability Scores.

 

[Reynard]

Check in the section about Using Ability Scores. In the 5e SRD (version 5.1), it's on page 83. It's the very last section. On 5esrd.com, it's in the section on Ability Scores.

Aha! There is no header on 5esrd.com. Thanks
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A saving throw—also called a save—represents an attempt to resist a spell, a trap, a poison, a disease, or a similar threat. You don’t normally decide to make a saving throw; you are forced to make one because your character or monster is at risk of harm. To make a saving throw, roll a d20 and add the appropriate ability modifier. For example, you use your Dexterity modifier for a Dexterity saving throw. A saving throw can be modified by a situational bonus or penalty and can be affected by advantage and disadvantage, as determined by the GM. Each class gives proficiency in at least two saving throws. The wizard, for example, is proficient in Intelligence saves. As with skill proficiencies, proficiency in a saving throw lets a character add his or her proficiency bonus to saving throws made using a particular ability score. Some monsters have saving throw proficiencies as well. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw is determined by the effect that causes it. For example, the DC for a saving throw allowed by a spell is determined by the caster’s spellcasting ability and proficiency bonus. The result of a successful or failed saving throw is also detailed in the effect that allows the save. Usually, a successful save means that a creature suffers no harm, or reduced harm, from an effect.
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I have been doing it wrong this whole edition.

 

[Stormonu]

True - I’m using criticals from 2E/3E, shooting into ranged from 3E.

There’s others I’m sure I am incorporating subconsciously, maybe even from other game systems.

 

[Orius]

False.

Instead I have incorporated features from 5e into my previous edition of D&D campaign. Specifically, we're using the spell sheet from the 5e character sheet in my 2e game, along with the standard 2e character sheets I found here on ENWorld, and the magic item sheet from 3.5's Magic Item Compendium. I also have 2e conversions of the spells misty step and thunderwave in my house rules document.