D&D 5E What rule(s) is 5e missing?

[Reynard]

What hyperbole?

The penalty for not managing your resources is exhaustion. Didn't count your food and water? Exhaustion. Didn't bring something for extreme weather? Exhaustion. Did try to manage resources? Mental exhaustion. And the resource management plus random encounters is all the game cares about.

How about some skill challenges to gamify things like fishing or camping? Nope.

How about some wondrous locations to visit? We barely get pure setting books anymore, much less something in depth enough for that.

How about wildlife that's cool and useful for things that aren't snatching souls of flora that has uses to give you a reason to care about being out in the world? Nah.

How about anything that incentivizes exploration rather than punishing not engaging resource management?

It's not hyperbole when it's the exact thing that's there. It's like saying calling Best Buy or Walmart 'big box stores' is hyperbole. They're big boxen.

I don't understand why you don't think those things are possible in 5E.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I don't understand why you don't think those things are possible in 5E.

Possible, but not done in the official game.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Possible, but not done in the official game.

Right. There's a difference between leaving something possible versus actively supporting it.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Possible, but not done in the official game.

i mean you can house rule anything...

 

[Reynard]

Possible, but not done in the official game.

What does that have to do with it? I was under the impression you were speaking broadly of travel in play, not what the rules said.

 

[James Gasik]

Sure but making house rules has it's own pitfalls. One, you have to understand what you're doing, and how it impacts the standard balance of the game.

Two, you have keep the list of houserules concise so your players actually remember some of them!

 

[JiffyPopTart]

you can punch in combat too

I'd you are arguing that losing a set of thieves tools is an equal setback to losing a primary weapon then sure, let's start failing forward in combat too.

 

[Lanefan]

I'd you are arguing that losing a set of thieves tools is an equal setback to losing a primary weapon then sure, let's start failing forward in combat too.

Didn't they already try that with Damage Oo a Miss?

 

[James Gasik]

Didn't they already try that with Damage Oo a Miss?

Yes, but a lot of people hate the idea as if attack rolls, AC, and hit points aren't already highly ambiguous.

 

[glass]

Yes, but a lot of people hate the idea as if attack rolls, AC, and hit points aren't already highly ambiguous.

I was not active here* during the DDN playtest, but didn't they have to create a whole subforum for damage-on-a-miss "discussions" to prevent them swamping everything else? That was the rumour anyway....

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* I lost my login details ages ago, and for some inexplicable reason had used a work email address (from like five jobs ago now) to sign up so I could not easily recover them. The A5e playtest gave me the impetus to get in touch with Morrus and thankfully he was able to help me. It is good to be back!