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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6970879" data-attributes="member: 996">The game Empowers the DM to support that expectation - if he wants some sort of vague resource-balance among the classes.&nbsp; By making that expectation something unlikely to come up if the DM doesn't enforce it, 5e allows both styles enabled by the relative resource parity of 4e (to a small degree, within a narrow pacing style, anyway) and the more traditional spell-slot management attrition game, as well as the not exactly unheard of 5MWD.Maybe we're off in calling it an 'expectation' it's guidance (&quot;Crystal Clear Guidance&quot; - Mike Mearls) in case you want to impose some resource-management pressure on casters, and thus semblance of class balance and usability of the encounter guidelines.&nbsp; The expectation may well be the 5MWD, with overperforming long-rest-recharge classes vs a trans-'deadly' single encounter/day the norm.No, it's obviously a game positioned to appeal to long-time and returning players - thus the obsession with classic feel at the price of clarity, simplicity, playability &amp; balance.&nbsp; And that crack is uncalled for.&nbsp; Monster design is 'obviously' geared towards the fast combat goal.&nbsp; Most monsters are fairly simple to run, so the DM's turn doesn't get bogged down, and can't do /too much/ (maybe a little too much, some of 'em) to deprive PCs of something to do on the few turns they get in the course of a typical encounter.&nbsp; I'd like to see that, if only for the name!&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6970879, member: 996"] The game Empowers the DM to support that expectation - [i]if[/i] he wants some sort of vague resource-balance among the classes. By making that expectation something unlikely to come up if the DM doesn't enforce it, 5e allows both styles enabled by the relative resource parity of 4e (to a small degree, within a narrow pacing style, anyway) and the more traditional spell-slot management attrition game, as well as the not exactly unheard of 5MWD. Maybe we're off in calling it an 'expectation' it's guidance ("Crystal Clear Guidance" - Mike Mearls) in case you want to impose some resource-management pressure on casters, and thus semblance of class balance and usability of the encounter guidelines. The expectation may well be the 5MWD, with overperforming long-rest-recharge classes vs a trans-'deadly' single encounter/day the norm. No, it's obviously a game positioned to appeal to long-time and returning players - thus the obsession with classic feel at the price of clarity, simplicity, playability & balance. And that crack is uncalled for. Monster design is 'obviously' geared towards the fast combat goal. Most monsters are fairly simple to run, so the DM's turn doesn't get bogged down, and can't do /too much/ (maybe a little too much, some of 'em) to deprive PCs of something to do on the few turns they get in the course of a typical encounter. I'd like to see that, if only for the name! :) [/QUOTE]

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