It’s been said before, but one of the things we’re hoping to do is draw upon all editions, and that does include 4th Edition. Here in Rule-of-Three alone, I’ve made mention of themes, martial maneuvers/powers, class parity, monster design, and making it easy for the DM to run the game and to improvise. Additionally, things like at-will magic, rituals, and the presence of non-magical healing are all things that we think are good concepts from 4E that have a place in the next iteration of the game.

Beyond that, there’s still a lot up in the air. In general, I personally feel like 4E characters are the hardest to threaten within the bounds of what you would consider the standard adventure design. I think that in the 4E environment, that makes sense, given the game’s focus on the encounter as a base unit of measurement for game play. In the next iteration of the game, though, we’re looking at shifting the focus more to the adventure, as opposed to individual encounters, and that will likely mean that we want to increase the sense of danger, which I think improves the experience during the exploration portions of the game

There are a lot of elements at play in what you describe, so I’ll try to cover a lot of ground here. First, I don’t think that clerics being the sole healers is something I’d consider a common trait of D&D throughout the ages; the bard and the druid classes were both capable healers in previous editions.

Alguém, chegou a testar alguma vez a idéia das ondas? Elas permitiam até que os caras ficassem sem encounter por ser praticamente um segundo round de um combate recém terminado.