D&D 5E Ideas from the Playtest you'll add if they don't make the cut

[Grazzt]

1e was 7th for Scrolls and Potions, and 12th for Permanent Items (Enchant an Item 6th Wizard Spell available @ 12th.).

Tossing in a ubiquitous Permanency as 8th level spell @ 16th and a point of Con loss makes Item Creation largely a waste of ink.

That sounds accurate. I am sitting at work and was going off memory (which apparently sucks )

 

[thalmin]

That sounds accurate. I am sitting at work and was going off memory (which apparently sucks )

Which part, sitting at work or the memory?

 

[Plaguescarred]

Ability score maximum of 18 without magic as alluded by Rodney Thompson at some point when saying numbers have meanings...It rang with me.

Alternate long rest recovery system of 0% HP/100% HD

 

[Paraxis]

I liked deadly strike. I would rather have that than multiple attacks.

But multiple attacks are nice against small h.p large groups, so I understand why they went the direction they did.

 

[Plaguescarred]

Class alignment restrictions

Encumbrance x5 STR

 

[Rune]

I would go with an open-ended skill list (or, better yet, no list at all) that is decoupled from specific ability scores.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I would go with an open-ended skill list (or, better yet, no list at all) that is decoupled from specific ability scores.

Almost certainly going to go with "that ability score is just the default one" myself, yeah.

 

[Plaguescarred]

Skills dissociated from ability scores.

 

[Jeff Carlsen]

Almost certainly going to go with "that ability score is just the default one" myself, yeah.

I seem to recall that even the later packets treated it as such. The DM could still ask for, say, an Intelligence(Athletics) check when trying to determine how far someone could run.

 

[Grazzt]

Which part, sitting at work or the memory?

Could be both, depending on the day