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It's all good. Different doesn't mean worse, or bad. It's just... different.

This probably isn’t what you want to hear, but… the things you dislike about it are exactly what make it so popular. Most people who...

I get what you mean here and I agree that 5e is much more "video-gamey" than previous editions. You can clearly see the influence of...

I think with as many games, getting the right group who is positively invested makes a huge difference in attitude. Bad attitudes often...

5E (I'm not quite sure about 5.5) had a lot of encouraging to come up with your own description of how a certain ability worked or...

I am actually finding much to consider in the thoughts of those who love this version of the game. So, I guess it's just regular...

Also, if you think 5E has too many options/choices, you can always stick to just the original PHB. (And, did you ever try 3.X?? It has...

Understandable. Spellcasters have I win button in older D&D. One way of dealing with that is I win buttons for everyone. 5.5 is full...

I've always gravitated towards rogues and skillmonkeys. And I have many complaints with 5e, but on the whole I find it fits my style of...

Yeah, I wouldn't use 5E to run even a lightly magical version of a medieval European city. It's much more suited to places like Sigil...

You can play it that way and many do but you can also give narrative weight to all of these actions. Think Hong Kong martial arts movies...

They were there - "I cast Magic Missile" was certainly one of them. So was "I swing my sword" There's only no narrative component if...

1. As a player it allows me to play the character I envision in my mind and inspires me with new ideas for characters. 2. As a DM it...

Many players in my group are about your age and go back to AD&D in their play experience. They really lit up when we first tried 5E...

In my "What I would do differently" doc. from the last 5e campaign I ran (like two years ago), I have "players must narrate bonus...