Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Future of D&D Keynote Speech [UPDATE - with video!]
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Magil" data-source="post: 5994844" data-attributes="member: 6672353"><p>I was starting to feel a bit left out when Mearls starting talking about "why people play DnD," because he didn't list very many reasons that I originally got into the game for. I did start playing with 3rd edition, and I had a lot of fun with it--but most of what I focused on was combining various classes, feats, and items together to make powerful characters. It sure didn't help that, in a 1 hour 10 minute video, they spent about 10 minutes discussing the mechanics of DnD Next and 1 hour talking about stuff I don't care about.</p><p></p><p>I almost feel like I'm being treated as the red-headed stepchild here because, yes, I do care more about the mechanics and creating interesting combinations with my characters' abilities, feats, items, and overall build. Yes, I often create a build that is sound mechanically and work out a personality/background afterwards. Which isn't to say I do no roleplaying, I do try to get "into character," and when I'm at the table, I don't just say "I use X ability on the monster," I say "I point my staff forward, thunder sounds, and a blast of lightning strikes the goblins I indicate." Moreover, I play the game too.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm being too sensitive here, but I'm really feeling like this edition was built to try and "accommodate everyone"... except people like me. At least, that's what they're making it sound like. I'm starting to become more than a bit concerned about things like feats being "packages" that can't be customized, extremely different classes being naturally difficult to balance (one of the reasons I immediately jumped ship from 3rd to 4th was because of the issue of class balance), and "3 HP and basic attack" monsters... but most importantly, I don't feel a case is being made to convince me to give the new edition a shot. I think they need to step up their game if they have any interest in catering to the gamest crowd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magil, post: 5994844, member: 6672353"] I was starting to feel a bit left out when Mearls starting talking about "why people play DnD," because he didn't list very many reasons that I originally got into the game for. I did start playing with 3rd edition, and I had a lot of fun with it--but most of what I focused on was combining various classes, feats, and items together to make powerful characters. It sure didn't help that, in a 1 hour 10 minute video, they spent about 10 minutes discussing the mechanics of DnD Next and 1 hour talking about stuff I don't care about. I almost feel like I'm being treated as the red-headed stepchild here because, yes, I do care more about the mechanics and creating interesting combinations with my characters' abilities, feats, items, and overall build. Yes, I often create a build that is sound mechanically and work out a personality/background afterwards. Which isn't to say I do no roleplaying, I do try to get "into character," and when I'm at the table, I don't just say "I use X ability on the monster," I say "I point my staff forward, thunder sounds, and a blast of lightning strikes the goblins I indicate." Moreover, I play the game too. Maybe I'm being too sensitive here, but I'm really feeling like this edition was built to try and "accommodate everyone"... except people like me. At least, that's what they're making it sound like. I'm starting to become more than a bit concerned about things like feats being "packages" that can't be customized, extremely different classes being naturally difficult to balance (one of the reasons I immediately jumped ship from 3rd to 4th was because of the issue of class balance), and "3 HP and basic attack" monsters... but most importantly, I don't feel a case is being made to convince me to give the new edition a shot. I think they need to step up their game if they have any interest in catering to the gamest crowd. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Future of D&D Keynote Speech [UPDATE - with video!]
Top