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OPs more pointing out a lot of things "wrong" with modern D&D is because we voted for them or expect things not thinking about the...

Yeah 3E did that part better. I voted 4 encounters back in the playtest iirc. I think the disconnect was people though 6-8 was more=...

You xan still gave a quality adventure. The 5E ones suck though in terms of the environment being much of a challenge. For the most...

But but but 3.X sucked. 17 years in print...... I've been rereading old books as well. Last night was 4E dmg. Vibes vs what the book...

I'm glad someone else commented on it while I was taking the time to find the pages in question. As often as we have had to hear how 5e...

I guess you haven't read many 3.x adventures. I own hundreds of them. You willing to die on that hill about rare to see more than 1...

Yeah. Theres a couple of times a rogues useful. A meta 5E party probably Bard. Druid or Cleric and 3 strikers. BG3 heavily slanted...

Sort of. A 5E hexcrawl wont be very goid generally though. ToA for example gsd to hard coded a time limit in to make it work. I think...

D&D isn't a board game. Even then people ignore rules Monopoly comes to mind. The people who designed 5E and gave feedback were...

Less creatures more powerful is more modern thing not just 3.X. Look through 5E adventures. You rarely see 20 mooks let alone 80. Its...

That depends on the person. 5E encounter thing is a side effect of design decisions made around expected encounter levels, HP as...

Yup. Thieves no longer get niche protection. Bards, Clerics, Druids can outright replace them lower levels and be better at key...

Same. I ran 3 games last year for newbies. I learnt off them though. It was refreshing tbh. The 13 you fireball first guy was...

Yup xp matters as well. When I went back and played 2E abd C&C I started giving out large cp rewards for non combat. Its right there...

Yup. Modern design has created modern problems. Thus is not a get off the grass everything since AD&D sucks. Go play those editions...