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We played this last winter (on Roll20, not on D&D Beyond) and liked it a lot. The rule set definitely...let's say moderates some of the powergaming excesses of 5e, so you still have the good parts of WotC D&D, but the excesses are sanded off. A very fun game, but I suspect it's not for everyone...

I started in 1981, and I remember being completely flummoxed by some of the tables in the DM's Guide. We used to play AD&D, but mixed it up with the Basic/Expert box sets rules and modules. It wasn't until I reengaged with D&D five years ago-- after an 15 year absence-- that I saw how brutal...

We played this a few years ago and had a blast with it: Claus for Concern

Brother, I hear you: I am going to be 56 on my next birthday, and I am astonished by how challenging it has been to recall rules. Granted, I am bouncing around between numerous systems (5e, Star Trek Adventures, Dragonbane, DCC, etc.) and numerous worlds, but this used to be so easy! The thing...

Back in the days of yore, we played in Greyhawk. Then I ran my games in the Forgotten Realms for decades. We have recently played Free League's Middle Earth game (we played MERP way back when, too). Now I am learning my way around Midgard (Kobold Press) which I like a lot. "There are other...

I am using Dragonbane on Roll20. I can copy a spell then modify it to whatever I want it to be. I have been using BRP spells from Chaosium's many books. You can simply offer spells in the player's grimoire without having them associated with a school of magic other than the three in the...

My school was one of the schools @SlyFlourish helped to fund for our game club! Such good energy. We are very appreciative. I also want to shout out that Troll Lords Games also hooked us up with a really sweet package of goodies. https://trolllord.com/school-game-clubs/

I like the Midgard book from Kobold Press (to circle back to the impetus for this massive thread). I haven't looked at the Warhammer Fantasy book, but I read some of the novels and loved them, so I bet that's cool. Castles&Crusades has their Aihrde setting (also really cool). Lots of great...

I had not heard that term before. Thank you.

Is that an idiom in the UK? I've never heard it before.

Russ, if you found the post made by KP in poor taste, that's a fair opinion. But KP's market share compared to WotC is miniscule. So KP may be big compared to other tiny parts of the TTRPG ecosystem, but it is still miniscule compared to Wizards. Wizards will be fine.

WotC: $1.5 billion (2023) Kobold Press: $4.8 million (2023; estimated)

Dollah, dollah, dollah bills, my dude. $$$

WotC has left a very bad taste in the mouths of many people in the TTRPG community. Remember when they sent Pinkerton agents to someone's house? If you don't like what Kobold is doing, don't buy their stuff; completely rational response. But WotC is foul, and if a competitor wants to razz them a...

After posting this last week, I polled my players and they all said they enjoyed playing 5e as characters, so this is a me thing. I just need to have a different mindset about the kind of game 5e is: big, bright, flashy and fun. It's an opinionated game, IMHO, compared to others I've played (H/T...

Here is another issue I have run into (and could use thoughts on): while the characters have these blizzards of abilities, spells, actions, reactions. bonus actions, etc.---so do the freaking monsters and NPCs! As a DM, I have found it hard to hold all of this stuff in my head while creating...

This has all been very helpful. Ultimately 5e is a high fantasy, high-powered game. Full-stop. It does what it does, and it does it well. Thank you all for your suggestions and thoughts.

Thank you, everyone. I have done a few of these things in the past--slow level progression, gritty realism, etc. Part of the issue is that I play on Roll20, so other systems are much less well supported. I appreciate all these suggestions! I really do like 5e as a system, but it plays a bit too...

This is not to start an argument, but to seek advice: I am not thrilled with how quickly characters become powerful in 5e. I am a dude who started with 1st, then 2nd, then 3rd edition, and I find the powers that characters have very quickly in 5e is a bit...vexing. Similarly, they just get too...

In an introductory module they provided with one of their bundles, they do just that as a matter of simplification. I, literally, haven't played this game yet, but it looks pretty 3rd edition to me, which I loved.