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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5962035" data-attributes="member: 22424">Indeed. That's what I said. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />We assume.In theory, yes, but changing the resource management rules is a much more fundamental change. If they can turn that into a dial and have all the settings work (and work with all the settings of all the other dials), then I will be incredibly impressed. Bluntly, I don't think that can be done.In any event, there's a problem with using "just put it in a module" as an umbrella solution. A group who are reasonably happy with their existing game will have a pretty low tolerance with messing around with "official house rules" in order to get just the game they want - there comes a point where they're better saving their money and just house-ruling what they have.Additionally, the playtest materials will inevitably come to reflect the core experience that the game offers. I say inevitably because that's the bit that everyone will at least try, so WotC will need to make sure it works just right. The problem is that a lot of groups will also be using the playtest materials as their buying guide - if they don't like what they see, they won't even look at the Core Rules. The playtests have to serve both as tests of the system and as marketing materials for the game.That's not fair, but it's the reality WotC have to contend with.Honestly, I don't think WotC can be all that picky. But then, my estimation of where they stand seems to be much more pessimistic than the norm.Having it on a dial is fine. Having it turned all the way down by default in the core is probably not. That means no Vancian Wizards, which I suspect a large number of people will look at and reject out of hand."You can change it if you want to" will take you so far. But resource management is a fundamental assumption of the game (whichever setting is chosen), and if you have to start changing fundamental assumptions before you start, you don't have far to go before it's not worth the bother.If I were developing an all-new game, I would strongly consider doing as the OP suggested. But when creating a new version of D&D, I certainly would not. The "no resource management" option is fine, but if it exists, that's the one that I'd be putting in a module.</blockquote>

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