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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 6361541" data-attributes="member: 6688277">Do not agree. If one does not like the 5e HD healing mechanic one simply removes it, the same cannot be said for 4e Surges. That is the nature of 5e that if you don't like a certain mechanic you simply remove it and you don't disrupt the strands of the system's web. 4e you could certainly do it with a lot more effort, but it had further reaching implications throughout the system. It wasn't the case of a simple house-rule.I feel the problem with 4e, as someone who has played 4e for over 4 years, was the fact that it was not a versatile system, at least not easily enough, to cater for all playstyles, whereas 5e has that versatility straight out the gate. And IMO, its because of this lack of versatility that it got as much hate which allowed for Paizo's Pathfinder to flourish, which led to Essentials and eventually to the conception of 5e (an all inclusive edition - that just says it right there).To some balance is of primary importance, for others it's versatility and the list I'm sure is not limited to those two RPG facets alone.  So I am comfortable to put my head on the block and predict a more successful run with 5e than the immediate previous edition, based solely on the fact that it is more versatile and should appeal to more playgroups. I would also stipulate that 5e has been around in whatever form for minimum a year already (discounted the 2 year playtest run).</blockquote>

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