D&D 5E The Greatest Thing about 5e

[dave2008]

PF2 bring this close to perfection. Want to move 3 times? Sure! Want to Move, Jump and Attack! Go for it! Spell and Sword? Why not? 3 attacks? Of course you can.

The problem I have is that you can't, conceptually, take another action while moving (unless I missed that in rules - it has been a few years) and that and it doesn't account for reactions. Personally I would go with 6 actions and include reactions and give some free movement. So you have a set amount for free movement, but then you can add on top it if you spend an action. Also, a reaction would cost an action too.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

That and it's bounded accuracy are the two greatest assets of 5th ed for me.

There's lots of things about 5e I like, but bounded accuracy is the thing that has made 5e ruin a lot of other games for me that lack it.

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

Curious, what do you think is the game style WotC is selling? That is not something I even think about so it stood out to me.

IDK, have you checked out the UA reddit or DMs Guild? Homebrewing seems alive and well to me. I feel like the resources outside of "official" WotC/TSR content are greater than ever.

First, yes, available complementary material - be it player input from foras or 3PP - is probably greater than ever. That is not the same as having a majority of the player base creating their own campaigns and adventures.

As to the game style Wiz are selling, it's a D&D with the edges filed off, more modern Disney fairytale than Brothers Grimm, greater focus on nonviolent solutions, wider and looser borders for identity expression, etc etc. In my very personal opinion, when 5e came out it focused on older players returning, now it focus on new and young customers who are raised in a very different media and storytelling landscape.

For the most part that is a good thing, as it keeps the hobby expanding and raising new generations of gamers, even if us oldtimers doesn't always adapt to the changes with grace. But my original point in this thread was that if Wiz make the game too bland and "easy" - such as uninteresting monsters/opponent - it may not have enough room to adapt and expand when the newer players look for a deeper experience.

But I'm really not interested in having a multipage debate here. New players have good roleplaying fun, and I have enough material to play in a slightly older style until I dirtnap. So all is well

 

[Charlaquin]

PF2 bring this close to perfection. Want to move 3 times? Sure! Want to Move, Jump and Attack! Go for it! Spell and Sword? Why not? 3 attacks? Of course you can.

I mean… You can but all of those are pretty suboptimal lines of play since most class feats are built around using multiple actions to do more than you’d be able to do with the same number of individual actions.

Don’t get me wrong, I think PF2’s action economy is brilliant. But I do wish that taking an action before you’ve moved your full speed didn’t cause you to lose any remaining movement. If I have 20 foot speed, I should be able to move 10 feet, attack, and move 10 more feet without having to use a third action.

 

[Charlaquin]

There's lots of things about 5e I like, but bounded accuracy is the thing that has made 5e ruin a lot of other games for me that lack it.

I find that people often either have this reaction, or they consider it the single worst part of 5e. Personally, I’m in the same camp as you, but I find it interesting how polarizing it is. I’m a little surprised that 5e stuck with it, given that the goal was to appeal as broadly as possible.

 

[dave2008]

I mean… You can but all of those are pretty suboptimal lines of play since most class feats are built around using multiple actions to do more than you’d be able to do with the same number of individual actions.

Don’t get me wrong, I think PF2’s action economy is brilliant. But I do wish that taking an action before you’ve moved your full speed didn’t cause you to lose any remaining movement. If I have 20 foot speed, I should be able to move 10 feet, attack, and move 10 more feet without having to use a third action.

Yes, that would solve my issue with it I think.

 

[payn]

I find that people often either have this reaction, or they consider it the single worst part of 5e. Personally, I’m in the same camp as you, but I find it interesting how polarizing it is. I’m a little surprised that 5e stuck with it, given that the goal was to appeal as broadly as possible.

During NEXT I think a lot of folks struggled to understand BA. They might not have exactly had the right way to complain about it to WOTC at the time (for those who dislike it which I dont think are many outside of forums). BA is great for casual players which gives the game wide appeal.

 

[tetrasodium]

During NEXT I think a lot of folks struggled to understand BA. They might not have exactly had the right way to complain about it to WOTC at the time (for those who dislike it which I dont think are many outside of forums). BA is great for casual players which gives the game wide appeal.

That claim about limiting it to forums might actually be true on the extreme technicality of "doesn't like bounded accuracy", but that does not at all say that it's true once you start looking at how bounded accuracy impacts things mechanically and what people think about it outside of forums.

At no point in the phb monster manual & dungeon master guide do the words bounded accuracy find themselves on a page in that order describing the design or concept. The proper way to cover it should have been in a "behind the curtain" type sidebar that explains it to the gm and how to leverage/tinker with. Such a section should have included discussion of how it works & things to consider when doing so but 5e does not have that kind of gm facing low level nuts & bolts discussion intended to empower the gm wanting to understand and modify things to fit their desired game.

Were that not the case though you would see a lot more dislike of BA specifically. Bounded accuracy lies at the root cause of a lot of 5e's self infected design problems like monsters that feel like giant bags of hitpoints & more. Start talking about those problems outside of internet forums and you see more voices saying "yea that bugs me".

 

[payn]

That claim about limiting it to forums may be ght actually be true on the extreme technicality or "doesn't like bounded accuracy", but that does not at all say that it's true once you start looking at how bounded accuracy impacts things mechanically and what people think about it outside of forums.

At no point in the phb monster manual & dungeon master guide do the words bounded accuracy find themselves on a page in that order describing the design or concept. The proper way to cover it should have been in a "behind the curtain" type sidebar that explains it to the gm and how to leverage/tinker with. Such a section should have included discussion of how it works & things to consider when doing so but 5e does not have that kind of gm facing low level nuts & bolts discussion intended to empower the gm wanting to understand and modify things to fit their desired game.

Were that not the case though you would see a lot more dislike of BA specifically. Bounded accuracy lies at the root cause of a lot of 5e's self infected design problems like monsters that feel like giant bags of hitpoints & more. Start talking about those problems outside of internet forums and you see more voices saying "yea that bugs me".

I guess that's going to vary greatly. I have never heard anyone talk about BA at all outside the forums.

 

[darjr]

I move my monsters, damn the OEs. That gets players moving too.