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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 5889052" data-attributes="member: 6688049">Mearls and other designers have mentioned that Classic D&D (B/X D&D, BECMI D&D, and RC/WotI D&D) is one of the sources for distilling D&D Next. Besides its streamlined play, there are several CD&D ingredients that might be tossed in the 5e pot and boiled down:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The well-thought-out Rules Cyclopedia skill system by Aaron Allston might serve as another source for distilling the 5e skill system. Also the many eccentric but flavorful skills found in the Gazetteer series.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "lost" details about the core demihuman races, which weren't carried into the AD&D line, such as high-level racial features: dodging dragon-breath--and the Dwarven Forgekeeper, Elven Treekeeper, and weird Hin Master from the GAZ line--might be considered.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">CD&D and its default setting (Mystara) provide a precedent for including an optional triparte Law-Neutrality-Chaos alignment module.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Likewise, CD&D provides a precedent for Law, Neutrality (or Balance), and Chaos as Domain Themes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Companion Rules Set provides a source (along with Birthright) for distilling D&DNext's dominion rules module.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The War Machine rules from the Companion Set is a source for distilling a 5e skirmish and mass-combat rules module. (Along with OD&D Chainmail, 1e and 2e Battlesystem, 3e Chainmail, and Dungeon Command.)</li> </ul>Any others things that CD&D might offer D&DN?</blockquote>

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