WotC What 2024 rules would you take with you into a prospective 2014 5E Retroclone?

[aiouh]

I'm a bit torn on the Weapon Mastery property rules. One one hand they are interesting tactical choices but I am not a fan of how they let Martials "DIY" their own favorable conditions through mechanics and weapons juggling. Like a Rogue using Vex to gain Sneak Attack on the next round.

 

[Theory of Games]

5e isn't OSR. Doesn't fit the playstyle:

• Rulings not rules
• Player skill not character abilities
• Heroic not superhero
• Forget "Game Balance"

 

[mamba]

The exhaustion rule

 

[sevenbastard]

Bloodied

And probably the monster manual.

 

[overgeeked]

Bloodied. Exhaustion. Backgrounds. Baseline resting. Floating stats.

 

[Smackpixi]

The background feats. It’s vaguely reminiscent of race as character. You are what you are. That said, it’s part of the 14&24 being so full of PC abilities, which is the big, to me, deviation from OSR. But adding backgrounds with abilities, could be an interesting tweak.

 

[Stormonu]

Bloodied, and I've taken to the Baldur's Gate III weapon abilities over the 2024 weapon special properties - but I like a bit more complexity and choices, myself.