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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8215674" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>Your mind is the best option you can have. Want to trip someone without being a BM? Use an athletics opposed check. Want to swing from the hanged chandelier on the ceiling to jump into melee down below? Use acrobatics.</p><p></p><p>The rules in 5ed are so simple and easy tjat a lot of people forget that the BM ate usable on an attack, that is its strength but that does not mean that others can't do the same with their action. They would just be less efficient at doing them. </p><p></p><p>1ed, BCEMI and OSR do not have the codified rules of PF or 3.5ed but they are still used a lot. </p><p></p><p>Also, as Umbran said, what about the environment the fight is happening on? Is there a pit that players could take advantage of? Is thw room on fire? Mono type encounters are a sure way to get mono response/play. 5ed is not lacking in options, it is lacking in hard codifications. This is an advantage and quite a strength for some. A weakness for others. I find it to be a very strong feature od 5wd as players will not stop at the character sheet and say I can't do it. They will say I can! Less effectively than some but I can!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8215674, member: 6855114"] Your mind is the best option you can have. Want to trip someone without being a BM? Use an athletics opposed check. Want to swing from the hanged chandelier on the ceiling to jump into melee down below? Use acrobatics. The rules in 5ed are so simple and easy tjat a lot of people forget that the BM ate usable on an attack, that is its strength but that does not mean that others can't do the same with their action. They would just be less efficient at doing them. 1ed, BCEMI and OSR do not have the codified rules of PF or 3.5ed but they are still used a lot. Also, as Umbran said, what about the environment the fight is happening on? Is there a pit that players could take advantage of? Is thw room on fire? Mono type encounters are a sure way to get mono response/play. 5ed is not lacking in options, it is lacking in hard codifications. This is an advantage and quite a strength for some. A weakness for others. I find it to be a very strong feature od 5wd as players will not stop at the character sheet and say I can't do it. They will say I can! Less effectively than some but I can! [/QUOTE]
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