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<blockquote data-quote="Smoo" data-source="post: 6598498" data-attributes="member: 6794403">I'd like some kind of write-up about saving throws (converting from 1e/2e). Not just about how to map the five original categories (most of which seem intuitive anyway), but how to handle the difference in the way they were modeled. When 1e/2e has a poison needle trap that says &quot;save vs poison or die&quot;, it would be nice to see how the designers would model that in 5e. A DC 5 or 10 Constitution save which does result in death on fail? A harder one that just does damage and gives the poisoned condition? So many possibilities.There were some other special attacks and conditions that would be nice to see talked about. Disease, level drain, rapid aging... I gather a conscious decision was made to remove most of these old punishing tropes, but for someone who is trying to run the old books, I'd like to see what the 5e model for a proportional equivalent would be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Smoo, post: 6598498, member: 6794403"] I'd like some kind of write-up about saving throws (converting from 1e/2e). Not just about how to map the five original categories (most of which seem intuitive anyway), but how to handle the difference in the way they were modeled. When 1e/2e has a poison needle trap that says "save vs poison or die", it would be nice to see how the designers would model that in 5e. A DC 5 or 10 Constitution save which does result in death on fail? A harder one that just does damage and gives the poisoned condition? So many possibilities. There were some other special attacks and conditions that would be nice to see talked about. Disease, level drain, rapid aging... I gather a conscious decision was made to remove most of these old punishing tropes, but for someone who is trying to run the old books, I'd like to see what the 5e model for a proportional equivalent would be. [/QUOTE]

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