D&D 5E (2014) This Game Feels Like D&D 3.Xe

[Parmandur]

more of how quickly someone said it

Just like my group we always went for the grapple first in spite of it literally never working...

 

[iserith]

Halflings are good looking and the elves are ugly (j/k).

With more emphasis on alignment ... only Lawful Good Paladins, Neutral Druids, Chaotic Barbarians and Lawful monks (for NPC's only?)

Forgot about Chaotic Barbarians and Lawful Monks. I'm adding that in.

Encumbrance (serious on this one)
Negative hit points instead of death saves (maybe?)
+1 to +3 bonuses that randomly stack or don't stack for things that aren't good enough for getting Advantage/Disadvantage (semi-serious maybe?)

Definitely included the variant encumbrance rules as the adventures are dungeon-based.

Not sure about the negative hit points. I'd have to think about that. The variable bonuses I definitely won't use. I'm running and playing in some D&D 4e games now and I definitely don't miss all the fiddly bits for bonuses.

 

[Mezuka]

More skills!

• Knowledge (express field bakery)
• Knowledge (how to fix a cart wheel)
• Knowledge (camp fire cooking, done right)
• Knowledge (washing underwear, in the river)

 

[payn]

More skills!

• Knowledge (express field bakery)
• Knowledge (how to fix a cart wheel)
• Knowledge (camp fire cooking, done right)
• Knowledge (washing underwear, in the river)

So this!

 

[Cadence]

Actively discourage metagame thinking as being a bad thing. (3.5 DMG page 11) <- I'm assuming this one is a hard no ;-)

Arguing about which splat books are allowed.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Varying resistances!
e.i:
Creature resistant to damage from weapon not made from a specific material.
Creatures immune to damage from weapon of +2 enchantment or less.
Damage reduction like resist Fire 5, Ice 10 etc

and bring back the old energy types:
fire, cold, acid, lighting, arcane, negative, divine (sacred? positive?), sonic

Maybe go back to poison and disease draining an ability score.

For a bigger change, I'd go as a far as suggesting as to remove Concentration. Pre-buff like there's no tomorrow, baby! BUT....I'd give AoO for casting spells in melee, and spell disruption on a hit.

Also, AoO for every reason possible: moving more than 5' without disengaging, standing from prone, shooting in melee, using an item in melee etc

Varying crit range and multiplier are a fun idea, maybe just take the weapon/armor chart of the 3.5e PHB? No need for crit confirmation, those were dumb.

 

[Maxperson]

My experience is that the play experience between editions is very different and, when I've run them more or less the same, it doesn't work very well. Here I just plan on doing a regular D&D 5e game but have a few little nods to D&D 3.Xe for funsies.

Ask for spot, listen, insert 3e skill here checks, even though they will be rolling perception, athletics, etc.

 

[iserith]

Actively discourage metagame thinking as being a bad thing. (3.5 DMG page 11) <- I'm assuming this one is a hard no ;-)

Hardest "no" that ever no'ed. But only because of how they specifically present it in this book.

 

[Charlaquin]

Definitely some variant healing rule to slow down natural recovery. I think the DMG “gritty realism” rule of 8 hour short and 1 week long, while mechanically different from 3.5’s natural healing, would be sufficient to create the feel of healing without magic taking forever.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Make sure the Paladin has the power to dictate what other people get to play so they don't lose their powers.