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I really enjoy 5e and am about to start my fourth campaign, but I think its problems are getting bigger at my table and starting to drag. The big ones for us are stealth rules, Concentration, taking too many levels to get into and customize our PCs (I think 6e has to make feats core), and "high"...

I was tempted to say 4 Clerics with different domains, but: Paladin Cleric Rogue Wizard

I started with Moldvay red box when I was 12. I'm 50 now.

I think 5e combat is quick. As much as I loved 4e, 5e is much, much faster. I think 5e is also significantly faster than 3e, especially at higher levels. I have to say that I think 5e can be a bit too quick with climatic fights with solos. Im not sure if I am sold the way 5e does legendary...

I have never used house rules in 5e in the games I play. But I dont hate house rules per se. If I were to DM I would probably try add a few bonus feats to try to customize/individualize PCs a bit more (ie a bonus feat at 1st level and racial feat at 5th) and probably shorten a short rest to 20...

Melf says hi

I started with Basic D&D in 1982 but I have no desire to emulate that playstyle. But I agree with the OP that there is a danger problem in 5e. The game needs to push players a bit more. I personally feel that there is a need to make monsters a bit more dangerous and unpredictable, and also just...

I cant imagine fighting Flumphs. But I have fought a Tarrasque and lived to tell the story

I appreciate where this concern is coming from but I dont think that D&D is based on the premise that the creative choices of the DM are the only ones that matter. Surely a key question facing DMs is how can I widen and include the choices of the people they play with and make a world that they...

I like 5e but I think I will be ready to move on to 6e by 2024. I would like the keep the core math of 5e - with some small tweaks (especially by marking it harder for low level PCs to get to 20 AC and making some high monsters have a slightly higher AC). But I think they will need to revise...

I have played a ranger in 1e, 4e and 5e (Horizon Walker). I really liked (and miss) the mobility and defensive tricks of 4e, especially Disruptive Strike and Combined Fire. I am finding the 5e Horizon Walker pretty good as well.

I have never factored in costless spell components. Throwing bat guano and rubbing fur didnt seem magical to me in 1e when I was kid and doesnt now.

I am in part of the world that has been in lock down since March and I have played more D&D during this time for decades. I think it works fine on VTT. I do miss rolling physical dice but the rest of the experience is there.

My Dm objected to player calling his PC "Garry" because it was to plain, so the player renamed his character Gharri'e

Ideally I would like to see the operational nature of long/short rests working at the level of the campaign. I dont think that having different classes with different processes of long/short rests adds that much and creates complications.

I like warlocks but i agree that they need some small tweaks to have an extra spell in mid to high levels and push them to consider using a cantrip other than Eldritch blast. Aside from the ranger the bard is the class that I find hardest to work. I think the spell list is thematically on point...

Yeah, i agree. 5e monsters dont need more hp. I am also thinking out of turn attacks or attacks when bloodied, imposing effects. Ideally it would be things that PCs can counter with smart tactics rather than only utilising the healing option

My solution would be to make monsters tougher. I dont like the idea of cutting down the influence of healers - I know people do like playing that role/style. I dont necessarily like the idea of a wound system, seems too complicated unless it is a special monster that drains life. But I think...

100% agree. I love heroic play of higher level 5e and 4e but there is something special in the types of adventures you can have in lower level D&D. It is waste to a) makes these levels essentially a throwaway and b) so brief.

For me the customization of my character is important to my enjoyment of the game and one of the main reason that D&D differs from a game like chess. While I dont see 4e level of customization as possible or desirable, a few more decision points at mid to high levels would be a good thing in...