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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9683712" data-attributes="member: 29398">From my perspective the biggest departures seemed to be: --- monsters that changed their stats based on who-what was fighting them (i.e. the same monster, Bob the Giant, could be a minion today against a 15th-level group and an elite tomorrow against a 3rd-level group)--- general reduction of resolution granularity outside of combat in favour of catch-all skill challenges--- hard-ish codification of character roles within the party, and classes then designed specifically around these roles--- universal AEDU ability structure regardless of class--- hard break from the idea that PCs and NPCs were at all the same mechanically--- overall radical tone shift away from grittiness and toward big-damn-heroes even at the lowest PC levelsThis is ignoring aesthetic concerns e.g. adventure presentation, art, and so on.</blockquote>