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<blockquote data-quote="steenan" data-source="post: 6055203" data-attributes="member: 23240">You are probably right that Next won't give me all that I want. But the thread is about what we want, not what we expect to get. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />That being said, I don't think the items I listed diverge far from the design goals of Next as they were presented. They want the game to be simpler and rules-lighter than 3e or 4e. They want to make running the game easy. They want to allow map-less combat. They want to support &quot;three pillars&quot; of combat, exploration and social interaction. They want to avoid accusations of &quot;disassociated mechanics&quot;.When you put it together, it looks similar to my list.As for &quot;indieness&quot;, it depends on what you mean by &quot;indie&quot;. One &quot;indie&quot; trait I definitely want to see in Next is coherent, focused design. Without that, there is no chance I spend any money on this game. On the other hand, it needs no metagame, story-shaping resources, formalized stakes negotiation, endgame mechanics etc. These things are fine, but not in D&amp;D. In other words, yes for Dungeon World, not for Primetime Adventures or My Life with Master.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steenan, post: 6055203, member: 23240"] You are probably right that Next won't give me all that I want. But the thread is about what we want, not what we expect to get. :p That being said, I don't think the items I listed diverge far from the design goals of Next as they were presented. They want the game to be simpler and rules-lighter than 3e or 4e. They want to make running the game easy. They want to allow map-less combat. They want to support "three pillars" of combat, exploration and social interaction. They want to avoid accusations of "disassociated mechanics". When you put it together, it looks similar to my list. As for "indieness", it depends on what you mean by "indie". One "indie" trait I definitely want to see in Next is coherent, focused design. Without that, there is no chance I spend any money on this game. On the other hand, it needs no metagame, story-shaping resources, formalized stakes negotiation, endgame mechanics etc. These things are fine, but not in D&D. In other words, yes for Dungeon World, not for Primetime Adventures or My Life with Master. [/QUOTE]

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