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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 8510791" data-attributes="member: 19270">I like AD&amp;D monsters more than 5E. I like the idea of magic resistance, special weapon immunities, some form of no-save undead drain, fiends with spells and teleports, and so on because they made taking out these foes more like a puzzle than a slug-fest. But suggest the idea a caster might contribute nothing with their cantrip damage spells in a combat and you'll be in for a couple pages of negativity.The World Isn't Fair. Kinda falls in line with the above (maybe your Eldritch blast won't win the day) and I run my worlds gritty with the idea that a diverse group with diverse skills willing to think outside the box have better chances of conquering things that don't seem fair.Declaring Actions, turn by turn, initiative. When posting about this system years ago, you'd think I'd slapped people's mothers for simply mentioning the idea it could work. After 5 years, our home-version works just dandy.Slot-based encumbrance. Same thing, less vitriol.Races are unique and distinct and some are lame and not in my game. I'm okay with your table playing your way, but if you start a topic on why an elf adopted by a dwarven family should get dwarven resilience and a human should get darkvision if they want, or that everyone should get to play anything they want (&quot;have it your way&quot;), it tends to get negative quick.I don't use death saves. Falls along the lines of &quot;you're making D&amp;D too complicated&quot; without the &quot;slapped your mother&quot; feeling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 8510791, member: 19270"] [B]I like AD&D monsters more than 5E. [/B]I like the idea of magic resistance, special weapon immunities, some form of no-save undead drain, fiends with spells and teleports, and so on because they made taking out these foes more like a puzzle than a slug-fest. But suggest the idea a caster might contribute nothing with their cantrip damage spells in a combat and you'll be in for a couple pages of negativity. [B]The World Isn't Fair. [/B]Kinda falls in line with the above (maybe your Eldritch blast won't win the day) and I run my worlds gritty with the idea that a diverse group with diverse skills willing to think outside the box have better chances of conquering things that don't seem fair. [B]Declaring Actions, turn by turn, initiative. [/B]When posting about this system years ago, you'd think I'd slapped people's mothers for simply mentioning the idea it could work. After 5 years, our home-version works just dandy. [B]Slot-based encumbrance. [/B]Same thing, less vitriol. [B]Races are unique and distinct and some are lame and not in my game. [/B]I'm okay with your table playing your way, but if you start a topic on why an elf adopted by a dwarven family should get dwarven resilience and a human should get darkvision if they want, or that everyone should get to play anything they want ("have it your way"), it tends to get negative quick. [B]I don't use death saves. [/B]Falls along the lines of "you're making D&D too complicated" without the "slapped your mother" feeling. [/QUOTE]

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