What Should 1D&D Resurrect? +

[aco175]

I liked attacking the saving throws of Fort, Will, and Reflex. As a player I like to roll the dice and not just say to make a save. As a DM, I like to just say that the monster has a 14 Fort and let the player roll so I can be thinking of something else.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

This suggests that Zargon isn't already in 5e and that can't be right. Zargon is in every edition whether you see them there or not.

Good point!

ZARGON CANNOT BE DENIED BY EDITIONS!

 

[Parmandur]

given that subclass levels seem to be getting unified, i could see any-class subclasses being used to replicate prestige classes.

anyway, other then what other people have said, actual crafting rules and feats/ASIs being separate.

I could see Subclasses keyed to Class Groups rather than Class, which would allow for more of a hook to design a cross-class design: say a kind of magic user that can apply to Wizard, Sorcerer or Warlock and what theybshare is common.

Maybe they are going to introduce something like Starfinder's archetypes that allow you to swap out class features at designated levels.

Or the Pathfinder 2E versions, yes.

 

[MichaelSomething]

What about Race as Class, Gold for XP, and the COMMONER class?

 

[Scars Unseen]

Less resurrection than evolution (of something that's dead), but fully mechanics free setting books. Get some people to go through the 2E stuff until they get why it is that older fans keep saying they miss that edition's settings, and make a definitive "this is this setting" collection that is 100% edition neutral fluff. Maybe have an open discussion with the community about it to see what fans want in said collection with "readtests" to make sure we don't get any nasty surprises like with the 4E Realms or 5E Spelljammer. Then they can use that as a reference for other products like adventures.

I get that settings material tends to sell less than mechanics sourcebooks, but without the fluff, the settings are pretty much going to die as newer generations of players have nothing of substance to grab onto. So do it once, do it right, and then you can keep using it as long as you want, no matter the edition used.

 

[deganawida]

I get that settings material tends to sell less than mechanics sourcebooks, but without the fluff, the settings are pretty much going to die as newer generations of players have nothing of substance to grab onto. So do it once, do it right, and then you can keep using it as long as you want, no matter the edition used.

I dunno, isn’t Harn mostly setting stuff, with rules in a separate line? Seems to me that there’s potential money in it.

Anyway, I would buy. Love reading imaginative worlds.

 

[Steampunkette]

So I am a nobody.

Like a true nobody. Minimal social media presence, most people in gaming have no clue that anything I've written even exists.

My Psionics Kickstarter hit $15,000 with 3 days left to go (two and a half at this point)

People -want- Psionics. To the degree they're giving me, some rando on the internet, $15,000 to give it to them.

Imagine how much money Wizards could make if they just -tried- to do something.

 

[Arakhor]

Hey now, you're some rando with a good idea. Plus you don't appear to be half-arseing your content.

 

[tetrasodium]

• Touchac, flatfooted AC. AS a GM it's important that bob can't make themself immune to attacks & by having them I can use them when appropriate instead of pulling teeth to get AC without armor or AC while denied dex bonus (ie sleeping/tied up/etc).
• Fort/reflex/will saves instead of this pointless & barely used 6 saves.
• Good save/poor save/bad save on PCs & monsters instead of great save/poor but useless save/useless save/useless save/useless save on PCs & similar on monsters instead of no saves+magic resist.
• Variable pointbuy options instead of elite array & better than elite array pointbuy.
• return of 3.x/4e DMG DM's best friend
• death at zero/negative ten

 

[Steampunkette]

Hey now, you're some rando with a good idea. Plus you don't appear to be half-arseing your content.

My delight at reading this makes my heart skip a beat!

 

[mellored]

I liked attacking the saving throws of Fort, Will, and Reflex. As a player I like to roll the dice and not just say to make a save. As a DM, I like to just say that the monster has a 14 Fort and let the player roll so I can be thinking of something else.

Agreed.

As a DM, I have enough stuff to take care off. Let the players roll and do most of the math.

 

[The Sigil]

1. Stronghold Rules - Get characters into the political scene and let them start worrying about running a fort/town/province
2. It's already been mentioned, but Mass Combat rules
3. Jim Holloway-style art where D&D shows it isn't always taking itself too seriously (see the Book of Wondrous Inventions for example)

 

[Bosen]

THAC0!

That was indeed my first thought

 

[doctorbadwolf]

If it takes into account weapon reach, that'd be fine. Sure, you can attack faster with a dagger, but there is still the problem of getting inside the reach of someone with a longer weapon.

As long as it’s harder to hit a rushing target, or there is some sort of opposed roll when trying to get into someone’s guard.

At which point…id say even odds on whether it’d be fun or tedious.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The fourth class of each power source

Warlords, Shamans, Swordmages, and Avengers.

And bloodied.

I have been poking at some archetypes and I think that rewriting the Paladin and the monk could help with the swordmage and avenger, but I’m still in the basic concepts phase.

 

[jmhimara]

Morale rolls and mechanics. I don't know why they ever got rid of this.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Oh!

So besides what I’ve already listed and rewriting the monk to have a broader conceptual space and make room for the avenger and for a more arcane (esoteric but not spiritual) equivalent…

A guide to the Nentir Vale and its surroundings.

The 4e gods, especially the Raven Queen.

Primal Spirits.

Wilden, Vryloka, Hengeyokai.

Weird little mysterious and otherworldly beings like The Red Witch and The Lady of The White Well.

A less symmetrical cosmology.

 

[Horwath]

Paragon paths
Which are kind of like prestige sub-classes. Including some race ancestory specific ones.

I.e. Goliath get an extra 5' reach. Dragon born get their breath weapon once per turn. Dwarfs get bigger tremor sense.

This can all be worked with FEATS.
Just have more feat slots.

 

[Raith5]

Another vote for bloodied. I think it could be used to make some classes a bit more interesting, ie a bloodied barbarian getting some further bonus to damage or a rogue further movement, and of course making monsters more unpredictable. The sudden reactions of bloodied monsters in 4e is still one of the wow moments playing the various editions of D&D I have played, and just made fights more dynamic and fun.

 

[Branduil]

I liked attacking the saving throws of Fort, Will, and Reflex. As a player I like to roll the dice and not just say to make a save. As a DM, I like to just say that the monster has a 14 Fort and let the player roll so I can be thinking of something else.

I don't know about bringing back attacking saving throws, but I would definitely favor bringing back Fort/Ref/Will for a variety of balance reasons.