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Where was 4e headed before it was canned?
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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7790549" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>Here is a 4e example which illustrates the manner in which I see 4e as having freeform elements:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>Similar to [USER=48965]@Imaro[/USER]'s amphibious PC able to make a check to hold his/her breath for hours, so in this example the fiction that is established independent of stat/skill bonuses - namely, that this is a mid-paragon tier dwarven fighter/cleric who is the tougheset dwarf around - is integral to opening up the possibility of a skill check.</p><p></p><p>I'm not exactly sure how this should/would be handled in 5e, as 5e lacks the skill challenge framework and doesn't have quite the same tiers of play framework to support the establishment of the relevant fiction. But however exactly 5e should handle it, I don't see that it would be more <em>freeform</em> in terms of establishing what is possible and then setting a DC for it. I would expect it - based on a reading of the rules and a reading of this thread - to look pretty similar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7790549, member: 42582"] Here is a 4e example which illustrates the manner in which I see 4e as having freeform elements: [indent] [/indent] Similar to [USER=48965]@Imaro[/USER]'s amphibious PC able to make a check to hold his/her breath for hours, so in this example the fiction that is established independent of stat/skill bonuses - namely, that this is a mid-paragon tier dwarven fighter/cleric who is the tougheset dwarf around - is integral to opening up the possibility of a skill check. I'm not exactly sure how this should/would be handled in 5e, as 5e lacks the skill challenge framework and doesn't have quite the same tiers of play framework to support the establishment of the relevant fiction. But however exactly 5e should handle it, I don't see that it would be more [I]freeform[/I] in terms of establishing what is possible and then setting a DC for it. I would expect it - based on a reading of the rules and a reading of this thread - to look pretty similar. [/QUOTE]
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