What would you like to see brought back from older editions?

[Testament]

Indeed. I like XP for gold.

However, the game is no longer *all* about tomb robbing. That's the flaw in including the mechanic. There are a lot of games that don't really go near the dungeon - especially the megadungeons of the early game.

For an adventure like the Red Hand of Doom, it's all about protecting civilisation from the barbarian horde. You're not there extorting the townsfolk for their possessions, which is what the XP for gold line would encourage.

Cheers!

Therein lies the issue with it. What happens when you're doing a wilderness adventure, what constitutes 'grabbing the loot'. And things could easily turn into a XP farm when the party gets teleportation or other travel based magic. I don't want the party becoming bank robbers as a way of securing a level before they go on a tough adventure!

 

[Reynard]

Six and a half feet tall with giant muscles sounds pretty huge and burly to me.

Burly isn't the word I'd use.

 

[Rechan]

I approve.

I keep thinking Conan is a Str 20, and then I have trouble imagining the Str 20 Female PC.

Maybe D&D needs BRPs SIZ stat, and make damage a derived stat from SIZ. A 5' tall female STR 20 is not as powerful as a 6'4" Str 20.

If we're giving women a penalty to STR, then we must give men a penalty to Int.

 

[Reynard]

Therein lies the issue with it. What happens when you're doing a wilderness adventure, what constitutes 'grabbing the loot'. And things could easily turn into a XP farm when the party gets teleportation or other travel based magic. I don't want the party becoming bank robbers as a way of securing a level before they go on a tough adventure!

I think it was brought up as an option, however, and I think that would be a good thing, goinga long way for the 4E designers to say, "Hey, it is still D&D and more importantly, it is still your D&D. Here's the tools to play it the way you want."

Options, not restrictions, and all that.

 

[Reynard]

If we're giving women a penalty to STR, then we must give men a penalty to Int.

Wisdom. it's the Will saves we tend to fail, not the Intelligence checks.

 

[Rechan]

Wisdom. it's the Will saves we tend to fail, not the Intelligence checks.

Yeah, I'll buy that.

Although, women always do seem to make their intelligence check to remember every single thing you've ever said.

 

[Gloombunny]

Burly isn't the word I'd use.

I wouldn't describe a 20 Str character having a physique like that, personally. I'm all in favor of both sexes being able to get high Strength scores, but anyone who has one ought to look pretty beefy. IMO.

 

[danbuter1]

The class design rules from 2e. Only took a page. And worked great.

Domain and keep rules.

Birthright and Planescape campaign settings. (One can dream).

 

[Reynard]

Although, women always do seem to make their intelligence check to remember every single thing you've ever said.

We don't fail our Int checks to remember. We failed our Listen checks in the first place.

 

[Reynard]

Domain and keep rules.

This keeps coming up. I hope someone is listening.