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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6316663" data-attributes="member: 58197">I also prefer the 5E presentation, for reasons that are summed up in my sig: I regard the 4E presentation as pushing a distinction (&quot;fluff&quot; versus &quot;crunch&quot;) that should not exist. As far as I'm concerned, everything in that block of text is equally a rule--from the fact that the creature must make a Wisdom save, to the fact that it must speak your language, to the fact that casting the spell involves speaking a one-word command and the subject follows the command spoken. All of it affects how you interact with the game world. For example, if I see an enemy cleric cast command, and we speak the same language, I know what command was given even if I totally blow my Intelligence check to identify the spell.That said, the all-text presentation does require a good editor to make sure the text is as clean, concise, and readable as possible. Some of the stuff in older editions was horribly written--see the 1E and 2E versions Remathilis posted above. This looks much better. I can see a few places where it could be tightened up, but only a few.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 6316663, member: 58197"] I also prefer the 5E presentation, for reasons that are summed up in my sig: I regard the 4E presentation as pushing a distinction ("fluff" versus "crunch") that should not exist. As far as I'm concerned, everything in that block of text is equally a rule--from the fact that the creature must make a Wisdom save, to the fact that it must speak your language, to the fact that casting the spell involves speaking a one-word command and the subject follows the command spoken. All of it affects how you interact with the game world. For example, if I see an enemy cleric cast [I]command[/I], and we speak the same language, I know what command was given even if I totally blow my Intelligence check to identify the spell. That said, the all-text presentation does require a good editor to make sure the text is as clean, concise, and readable as possible. Some of the stuff in older editions was horribly written--see the 1E and 2E versions Remathilis posted above. This looks much better. I can see a few places where it could be tightened up, but only a few. [/QUOTE]

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