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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 6246494" data-attributes="member: 5590">The 4e design pushed the envolope of D&D a ton, in a whole bunch of directions at once.Developing a AEDU structure instead of At-will and Daily.All my toys always workNarrative monster roles - minion, standard, elite, solo - specifically the codification of HP as combat pacingHPE as coreThe core math by level - especially after MM3/MVIntegrating statuses into a variety of classes via the power systemp42 ad hoc powersHP math guaranteeing fights of tactical or set-piece lengthI think the intersection of 'My toys always work' and 'Status effects for everyone' causes me the most angst.Just at the point were we get options and alternatives for when our toys don't work, everything works on everything and we're back to hyperspecialization.Then to have a decent fight we have a house-rule/fiat immunities back in.In the 4e DMG it would have been nice to include more about reigning in or reversing some of the 'expanded boundaries' so that it wouldn't be years for groups to figure out what was bugging them about the changes.</blockquote>