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Message: <blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7356867" data-attributes="member: 6919838">Hmmm...Most systems to me had flaws (internal inconsistencies) that went beyond the "need to change this to better fit setting" issues.I would say the biggest flaw in 5e that actually affects play is the long and short rest. Specifically the decision to make classes balance in play mix and match between short and long rest so that some classes are very keyed power wise to how often long rests happen while others are intentionally hinged on short rests. Because a design goal of 5e is focused on new players, taking a large chunk of that balance and hinging it on DM scripting considerations is just plain poor planning and inconsistent.It also adds a level of complexity for even experienced GMs and scripting for balance in play.They should have IMO went with all classes being mostly LR focused (traditional) or mostly SR focused to syreamline a lot of encounter design and campaign design concerns.For IIRC Serenity/Cortex and now it seems Star Trek Adventures, the "flows like rain" plot points mechanic really fails with me. (Momentum in STA) The idea is they built a meta-game) mechanic into the basic scene and skill operation with the expectation that it is a major part of the resolution system. The problem I have is it drives the actual play too far away from character vs scene "in game" processes to hinge very,much on the plot point economy. Saw it in Serenity and you can watch just one episode of Shield of Tomorrow and see how much the momentum economy gets screen time in resolution and dialog between players during scenes. It feels to me that it diminishes the attention paid to the "my character is good at that" towards "can we afford to spend mo"  as well as making the "yay" or "reward" for an exceptional result be more about the extra momentum gained and mostly eclipse the actual gains from the task in game in scene. These are of course somewhat subjective but at least for the 5E rest balance classes it seems to clash with design intentions.</blockquote>

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