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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slobo777" data-source="post: 5962071" data-attributes="member: 6694877">Cannot agree more with the highlighted text (my emphasis). The "resource game" is very loosely codified into the game, all versions. It's often a bone of contention between DM and players, plus something that over-works DMs after certain styles of story/pacing that are not supported by it.Critical analysis of the resource game as a game (or as a sim that has a good chance of leading to a fun game, if you prefer that angle), and then some suggestions about how to apply it nicely in your group's preferred style would be very handy. That kind of thinking is advanced, and not something for beginner players/DMs IMO. Although that doesn't stop there being some kind of basic resource in core (daily Vancian spells I'd guess are here to stay, I don't think the OP's suggestion has any chance to become canon for 5E . . .) - it just needs to be keyed off something that can be changed in various modules. The wording of "x times per day" for class features like Fighters Surge in the playtest packet does make me think the playtest resource management has placeholders for "insert a better design here later". Or maybe that's just me being hopeful.</blockquote>