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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8802524" data-attributes="member: 42582">I think we can accept that D&amp;D will remain DM-centric in the way you describe, and will remain based around an &quot;adventuring day&quot; which requires guidelines on encounters per day and encounter difficulty. (The departure from these features in 4e D&amp;D is not likely to be repeated! But the move from asymmetric recovery periods to symmetric ones - ie the downplaying of short rests - seems likely to continue, and that does make GMing easier.)I also think that levels will remain. They are utterly fundamental to D&amp;D, and provide a basic motivation for play - ie players do things so they can level up so they can do more things with bigger numbers and/or more intricate mechanics.But accepting these constraints as given, it is nevertheless possible to give advice on how to make the game work as a GM. There are plenty of examples to be found in, and cribbed from, other RPGs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8802524, member: 42582"] I think we can accept that D&D will remain DM-centric in the way you describe, and will remain based around an "adventuring day" which requires guidelines on encounters per day and encounter difficulty. (The departure from these features in 4e D&D is not likely to be repeated! But the move from asymmetric recovery periods to symmetric ones - ie the downplaying of short rests - seems likely to continue, and that does make GMing easier.) I also think that levels will remain. They are utterly fundamental to D&D, and provide a basic motivation for play - ie players do things so they can level up so they can do more things with bigger numbers and/or more intricate mechanics. But accepting these constraints as given, it is nevertheless possible to give advice on how to make the game work as a GM. There are plenty of examples to be found in, and cribbed from, other RPGs. [/QUOTE]

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