@LoamImprovement For 5th edition, I've overwhelmingly played in AL, so ...
But I've seen a LOT of "inspiration can be used for a reroll" and "inspiration can be shared across the table".
I've also seen (too much) "Invisibility == Hidden", which I hate and don't use when I run. I've also seen a large number of variations of the bonus-action-casting rule
AL kinda inherently runs with a "every adventure starts with a long rest" pseudo house rule, which I like.
@Phantaminum the asymmetric balance I'm suggesting avoids "round after round of 'i attack''... but does so by virtue of dedicated damage dealers killing things too fast. It's not for everyone, but it is for some. :)
That sounds like you're not ok with the relevant amount of PC damage, and so I return to the "maybe a different system " suggestion.
@Phantaminum I've been happy with a asymmetric balance, where martials are REALLY good at murder, and casters suck at it. You can get there with belts of Giant Strength and GWM (and giving out legendary resistance like candy) and ... being "comfortable" with huge damage numbers.
Alternately it's a lot of work to make 5e balanced at higher levels, and I'd consider if you'd be ok with an all caster party or another game system.
@jjjalljs I was focused more on the direct role-playing and less on the writers-room aspect... So by the time I was going "wait what?, I shouldnt need to roll?", the RP had already gone off the rails because the GM declared the bouncer pulled out a magical face id thingy and declared some trivial lie of mine was false
I.e.: failure always unless I spent fate points
@jjjalljs kinda exactly? "Hero" a-la Snow Crash obviously had a "best swordsman in the meta verse" aspect. But did he have to spend a fate point to win the swordfight when he was challenged in a bar early on?
In my game, my character was supposed to be talky-McTalk face, and I failed to talk my way into a bar because I wasn't willing to spend a fate point to do so. I shouldnt have had to.
@Phantaminum @jjjalljs I enjoyed Fate more in concept and rules book than as played. My GM was a firm believer in giving me as many opportunities to earn fate points as possible, and "constantly failing" didn't feel good
@jjjalljs @Phantaminum that mostly to me sounds like you're done with that GM? Which is very reasonable...
Have you considered running?
@jake_eric @Thyrian changing the stat jumps distance is based on seems as important.. for many, tripling the distance only effectively triples the static portion.
That said, this doesn't bother me: a few things will give fly.
But:
* mobility
* damage
* alternate attack
Kinda feels like 5th level to me. I'm not sure what i'd want from a 4th level version...
@LoamImprovement I hate it when I'm the invisible one. I'm frequently telling dms "oh, I'm not hidden. He should know where I am/what square I'm in"