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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6891019" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p>I ended the campaign. I couldn't keep running the game. I find 5E to be a boring game. I could go into detail as to the various reasons, but there's no point. I don't have fun running 5E. I thought I would enjoy the simplicity and concepts like Bounded Accuracy, but at higher levels I don't enjoy them because they are all one-sided. The monsters are simple, but the PCs are not. This makes for a very boring game that I have to rewrite too much to make it as I prefer it. Even the higher level chapters in <em>Out of the Abyss</em> were poorly designed to challenge characters of the level they were supposedly designed for. Overall, 5E is a very unsatisfying version of D&D. Very different from the feeling of dislike I had for 4E. My dissatisfaction with 5E was slow building. It's not a bad game. It feels more like D&D than 4E. I think it is likely a good starting point for new D&D players like basic D&D was way back when I was young. For a long-time D&D player like myself, I need more tactical complexity to keep me interested. I need monsters with options other than charge or fly around and blast with a breath weapon or try to knock someone prone.</p><p></p><p>I gave it a good shot. But running 5E D&D just isn't for me, though I'll still play it if a buddy feels like running it. </p><p></p><p>Feel free to use the material I generated in this thread for your campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6891019, member: 5834"] I ended the campaign. I couldn't keep running the game. I find 5E to be a boring game. I could go into detail as to the various reasons, but there's no point. I don't have fun running 5E. I thought I would enjoy the simplicity and concepts like Bounded Accuracy, but at higher levels I don't enjoy them because they are all one-sided. The monsters are simple, but the PCs are not. This makes for a very boring game that I have to rewrite too much to make it as I prefer it. Even the higher level chapters in [I]Out of the Abyss[/I] were poorly designed to challenge characters of the level they were supposedly designed for. Overall, 5E is a very unsatisfying version of D&D. Very different from the feeling of dislike I had for 4E. My dissatisfaction with 5E was slow building. It's not a bad game. It feels more like D&D than 4E. I think it is likely a good starting point for new D&D players like basic D&D was way back when I was young. For a long-time D&D player like myself, I need more tactical complexity to keep me interested. I need monsters with options other than charge or fly around and blast with a breath weapon or try to knock someone prone. I gave it a good shot. But running 5E D&D just isn't for me, though I'll still play it if a buddy feels like running it. Feel free to use the material I generated in this thread for your campaign. [/QUOTE]
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