D&D 5E What can D&D [next] learn from other games?

[Frostmarrow]

Cliffhanger cards from Fortune and Glory board game from Flying Frog.

On one side of the card there is a skill challenge such as Escaping Gangsters by Car (or some such). If you succeed all is well and you gain some fortune. If you fail... you flip the card and must pass a harder check as your car flies off a cliff.

I'm not sure what can be learned. I just found it very entertaining. Game mechanic of 2011 in my book.

 

[paladinm]

How about M&M's damage save system? It seems to make things run a bit faster than hit points..

 

[enrious]

How about M&M's damage save system? It seems to make things run a bit faster than hit points..

I like them (and proposed switching to True20 for this an other reasons) but if so many of the complains about 4e (and 3e before it) were the slaying of sacred cows, then I don't see it going in as a core mechanic.