NOW LIVE! -- One-Page Adventures for D&D 5th Edition on Kickstarter! A booklet of colourful one-page adventures for D&D 5th Edition ranging from levels 1-9 and designed for a single session of play.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheWriterFantastic™" data-source="post: 7736306" data-attributes="member: 88534"><p>I want to be open-minded, but the entire play model and character creation system sounds like 5e: three different modes sound like the "three pillars," though they've folded interaction into their Exploration Mode, and made Downtime Mode a pillar, whereas it sits just outside of that in D&D 5e. Character creation is now comprised of selecting race (now termed ancestry), background, and class, which determine things like class skills, selected with skill proficiencies. Bonuses are all calculated by a unified proficiency system, sounding eerily similar to the Proficiency Bonus in 5e. I'd be shocked if they aren't using the 5E SRD as a model, given that they've had roughly 4+ years to get this rolling. They're even rolling back the reliance on miniatures. It seems like they're trying to recover some player spillage from 5e's premiere. And I'm not saying all of this to start an edition war. I'll likely pick it up, try it out, I may even enjoy it. They've squeezed an awful lot of mileage out of a tweaked 15 year old system iteration, and that in and of itself is impressive. Hell, if they are leaning more toward a system that's 5e compatible, it'll open up a shared market for their stellar campaign and adventure content, which IMHO has always been their primary draw.</p></blockquote><p></p>