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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9265883" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I can tell you what I wouldn't do.&nbsp; I wouldn't resurrect the wacky math (THAC0, roll high or low just depends,&nbsp; on and on) and logic of pre 3E.&nbsp; I wouldn't bring back a version who's core concepts were not successful. Which is not to &quot;shut down&quot; anyone else but this is my list after all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />So I'd take the most popular version, 5E, and do some minor cleanup of the rules for things I don't like that I've talked about elsewhere. Fix or just remove a handful of spells, make longbows finesse so strength based PCs have an option, ability score adjustment items add instead of replacing.&nbsp; Then I'd have a bunch of alternate rules like options for recovering spell slots, abilities and HP based on what kind of campaign you'd like to run.&nbsp; I'd give magic items a better price guideline and provide DMs with a general idea of what the baseline expectations are for wealth and magic items.My books? Well you'd have the core 3 of course.&nbsp; I'd add a handful of scenarios and explanations from the perspective of the book's focus in all 3 books.&nbsp; So scenario from the player's perspective, the DMG from the DM's and for the MM?&nbsp; I'd talk about how the scenario would change if different monster categories were used.&nbsp; The DMG needs to be reorganized of course and have advice for starting games at a higher level along with other tweaks.&nbsp; The MM would have more high level monsters that are not the same old tired lich clone.My other two books?&nbsp; I'd have two setting books, one that has a more (for D&amp;D) grounded feel and the other would be high fantasy.&nbsp; These would be full setting books with world maps and a lot of core concepts for DMs to build on.&nbsp; So one could be old school Greyhawk before they tried to make it into an FR clone. The other? You could just continue with FR but I'd prefer a new clean slate.&nbsp; Each would have suggestions about how to lean into very different styles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9265883, member: 6801845"] I can tell you what I wouldn't do. I wouldn't resurrect the wacky math (THAC0, roll high or low just depends, on and on) and logic of pre 3E. I wouldn't bring back a version who's core concepts were not successful. Which is not to "shut down" anyone else but this is [I]my [/I]list after all. ;) So I'd take the most popular version, 5E, and do some minor cleanup of the rules for things I don't like that I've talked about elsewhere. Fix or just remove a handful of spells, make longbows finesse so strength based PCs have an option, ability score adjustment items add instead of replacing. Then I'd have a bunch of alternate rules like options for recovering spell slots, abilities and HP based on what kind of campaign you'd like to run. I'd give magic items a better price guideline and provide DMs with a general idea of what the baseline expectations are for wealth and magic items. My books? Well you'd have the core 3 of course. I'd add a handful of scenarios and explanations from the perspective of the book's focus in all 3 books. So scenario from the player's perspective, the DMG from the DM's and for the MM? I'd talk about how the scenario would change if different monster categories were used. The DMG needs to be reorganized of course and have advice for starting games at a higher level along with other tweaks. The MM would have more high level monsters that are not the same old tired lich clone. My other two books? I'd have two setting books, one that has a more (for D&D) grounded feel and the other would be high fantasy. These would be full setting books with world maps and a lot of core concepts for DMs to build on. So one could be old school Greyhawk before they tried to make it into an FR clone. The other? You could just continue with FR but I'd prefer a new clean slate. Each would have suggestions about how to lean into very different styles. [/QUOTE]

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