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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5799542" data-attributes="member: 29398">My ideal D&D:Would be largely based on pre-UA 1e except:- no xp for treasure (replace in part with story or dungeon bonus, but advancement is intentionally kept SLOW)- simpler combat, no weapon speed or weapon-vs-armour-type, etc.- optional inclusion of some of 4e's combat movement effects- individual d6 initiatives re-rolled each round, simultaneous actions are possible and allowed- grappling and chase rules that make sense- include fumbles and criticals- percentile strength broken out into individual numbers (so Str 18.00 becomes 24, a Hill Giant becomes 25, etc.)- all classes get Cavalier-style percentile stat increments- a slightly wider range of core classes - Bard, Necromancer, toned-down Cavalier, War Cleric, a few others - and Bard is not a proto-prestige class- all casters work like 3e sorcerers, i.e. Vancian but no pre-memorization- quite a few class alignment requirements eased or abandoned- most class level limits abandoned, some remaining ones eased; Elves racial abilities toned down to compensate- has the depth and variety of settings of 2e- has a greater range of monsters to allow the game to scale well into the teen levels - 3e has some good ones- include an optional bolt-on skills system for those that want it, being careful not to impinge on the niches of skill-based classes, using a roll-under-ability mechanic- a form of Body/Fatigue points or Wound/Vitality points to break out real damage from fatigue/luck/vitality "damage"- includes a well-tested selection of spells etc. from later editions, and each spell write-up at least dabbles with the "what if" scenarios presented by that spell- ascending or descending AC, doesn't matter, but have it start with '0' being 'no armour' and going from there, instead of '10'I could go on all night... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lanefan</blockquote>

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