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Agree. It almost seems to be a self fulfilling prophecy which seems to be built within the game. I actually find it a bit deflating to be mid level and think really we are not going to use the level 13 stuff and above because there is little support by WOTC and (hence?) at my actual table.

Agree with the OP. 5E is more like 3E and lacks the fluidity and forced movement of 4E. But you can always use the way 5e allows you to split your movement before/after attacks.

I like the Barbarian subclasses and like them being different from the fighter (which is already waaay too broad a class). The Barbarian class is low down on my list of things that need tweaking in 5e. That said except for the exhaustion problem, I would like there to be more interesting...

There are many small things about 1e and 2e that I struggled with then and I would struggle with now. The biggest thing I would miss from 5e is the survivabilility of PCs and the ability to invest in them and build a story. I just remember so many 1e and 2e PCs dying in absurdly random ways. It...

I play both 4e and 5e. 4e is my favorite edition ever, sure I wanted to see a 4.5 edition and I think the designers overreacted to the problems of 4e, but I dont want a new edition. I think 5e has a lot of life let in it and a lot of possible design directions left and possible modules to...

Just noticed that we had two submissions at almost the same time - I have collated the two previous submissions (where S3 got a +1 and -3) and added my own. A1-A4 Scourge of the Slave Lords 14 B2 The Keep on the Borderlands 22 C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan 22 C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness...

Exactly this. Despite using this setting a lot in 2e, I just have a hard time finding the FR believable. The cultures, politics, geography all feel really weird and flimsy. The villains are just too few and too minor (Zhentarim) or remote (Thay) to provide compelling stories.

I would like to see what 5e looks like with no long rests. I have never really understood the whole vancian thing that you run out of magical power or divine power. As a player i do feel like the long rests are just so good that they intrude on the way the players think about resources and...

I prefer higher levels, including epic. Some editions do a better job than others in providing material and having mechanics and maths which allow high level play. I think 4e did a really good job at this but alas 10 levels of it was probably too much. This poll also makes me wonder what basic...

A1-A4 Scourge of the Slave Lords 21 B1 In Search of the Unknown 20 B2 The Keep on the Borderlands 21 B3 Palace of the Silver Princess 14 B4 The Lost City 20 B5 Horror on the Hill 20 C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan 21 C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness 20 D1-D3 Drow 20+1= 21 EX1-EX2...

In my experience the best in class would be the cleric. I think the cleric is really well designed with different domains playing so differently. I think the worst is probably the fighter (though I havent seen an EK in action). I think the fighter is more boring than the Paladin and Barbarian...

Interesting observations. I agree that fighters and rangers need some rethinking. I dont think Druids play badly. But I have to say that while I really still love and play 4E, I really do not like minor actions and I think 5E bonus actions are a far, far better design which save so much time at...

Interesting observations. I agree that fighters and rangers need some rethinking. I dont think Druids play badly. But I have to say that while I really still love and play 4E, I really do not like minor actions and I think 5E bonus actions are a far, far better design which save so much time at...

Our cleric in our 5e campaign spends 80% of his spells on healing. He is not in the party because of his personality. I like/miss the way 4e siloed healing word from other spells, so that there was no decision to be made between healing and dealing. But I do think that 4e clerics had too many...

You could play the old AD&D adventures by Gygax: Dungeonland (EX1) and The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror (EX2). Drugs optional.

In terms of the best versions of the various archetypes, I really like the way they did the 5e cleric but I also cant go past the 4e fighter.

I started D&D with 1E and I have to say that I am glad that earlier editions are in the past, especially with regards to dying and save or die effects. That said I am not finding 5E much more deadly than 3E. But I do like the idea of building some suspense when a party member goes down, I am...

I really like the classes in 5e I have seen or played. I especially like the way they have done clerics, druids, paladins, rogues and barbarians (but need more subclasses). One beef I have with Paladins is the choice between smiting and casting spells - I think it is frustrating to have to make...

I was DM 98% of the time from when I first played Basic in 1982 right through to 3rd edition. Since that I have played a very long 4E campaign and a more recent 5e campaign, as well as bits of Burning Wheel and Marvel Heroic. I was really burnt out by 3rd edition and found that 4E, especially...

Four is enough categories of differentiation for me (young, adult, ancient, wyrm/legendary).