D&D General It's really weird loving D&D and not loving the current rules.

[a.everett1287]

I grew up on BECMI and would run it any day ever.

Well there's the problem.

 

[Mind of tempest]

this is my first edition but I get what you mean, personally I just want more of what I want in the game and less hazy subclass bloat.

 

[J.Quondam]

Today I opened the fridge poking around for leftovers for lunch. I didn't have my glasses on, but that's okay, I never need my readers to eat. I pulled out a dish of chicken and rice, and popped it in the microwave to heat. Shortly thereafter, I placed the steaming hot bowl on the table, sat down, and took a big bite. Much vexed perplexity ensued as I discovered the "chicken and rice" was, in fact, eggplant casserole.

That's how I feel about D&D sometimes.

 

[CleverNickName]

Today I opened the fridge poking around for leftovers for lunch. I didn't have my glasses on, but that's okay, I never need my readers to eat. I pulled out a dish of chicken and rice, and popped it in the microwave to heat. Shortly thereafter, I placed the steaming hot bowl on the table, sat down, and took a big bite. Much vexed perplexity ensued as I discovered the "chicken and rice" was, in fact, eggplant casserole.

That's how I feel about D&D sometimes.

The real question is, did you keep eating the eggplant casserole?

 

[TwoSix]

The real question is, did you keep eating the eggplant casserole?

The "eggplant casserole" in this story is, of course, halflings.

 

[J.Quondam]

The real question is, did you keep eating the eggplant casserole?

Yes. Yes, I did!

 

[R_J_K75]

Over the last 10 years I have just kind of soured on 5e. I think it is a perfectly serviceable D&D game, but I just don't think there's actually a lot of "there" there. But here's the thing: Spelljammer coming out, the movie, Dragonlance, these things all tickle my D&D love and I WANT to engage D&D on its own, current terms and... just don't.

Listen. I get it. The world moves on. My GenX butt needs to get out of the way. Intellectually, I understand that. But emotionally, I just want my love for D&D "stuff" to match my love for the D&D game again.

When 3E came out I thought the innovations were great from AD&D. 4E we played for a bit and then switched to Pathfinder, then to 5E. But I feel the same way about the rules as you. Even though 5E is streamlined enough, it still seems like there's more nuances in the rules than I'd like and the page flipping to put all the relevant ones together just annoys me. In a lot of ways, the class features all seem the same but are named something different but get the same effect in some instances. If I had the wherewithal to go back and read 2E I think I'd rather play that, but we play 5E because that was the decision we made when our group got together. I really wish that WotC followed through with the modularity model they were working towards before 5Es release. I know the DMG has optional rules, but I'd prefer a very stripped-down ruleset, 50 pages or so. If you can imagine doing it and want to try it go ahead, after all at the end of the day you have a 50/50% of sucess or failure. Maybe a few options but I don't need as many as there are. I'm old and my feeble brain can't remember all of them anymore. I want D&D Geriatric.

 

[pukunui]

Over the last 10 years I have just kind of soured on 5e. I think it is a perfectly serviceable D&D game, but I just don't think there's actually a lot of "there" there. But here's the thing: Spelljammer coming out, the movie, Dragonlance, these things all tickle my D&D love and I WANT to engage D&D on its own, current terms and... just don't.

Listen. I get it. The world moves on. My GenX butt needs to get out of the way. Intellectually, I understand that. But emotionally, I just want my love for D&D "stuff" to match my love for the D&D game again.

I hear you. While I mostly like 5e mechanically and can't see myself playing any other edition at this time, I feel left behind when it comes to things like live streamed games and the more modern clothing styles depicted in some of the newer books. I just don't see the appeal of watching other people play D&D, and while I am open to non-European fantasy, I prefer my D&D to be roughly medieval in its look. (Some of the clothing styles depicted in books like Van Richten's and Radiant Citadel just leave me cold.)

That said, I am so excited about the upcoming D&D movie that I spent most of yesterday rewatching the trailer and looking for clues and talking about all the little details here on EN World.

 

[Oofta]

Guess I just can't identify. D&D has always been about the stories, the PCs, the bad jokes and puns at the table. As long as the rules work reasonably well I'm good. The rules are there to facilitate the play at the table, they are in many ways not the focus of the game. Or at least not what makes the game interesting.

Of course there's always level up, esper genesis, I'm sure a bunch of other options that make significant modifications to the core or ... GASP ... and older edition or a different game.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I no longer find it weird. From the moment they took away my rogue's ability to craft alchemical items past that brief period where the rules were great, but the community was on fire, I'm just used to it.

'swhy I roll my own.