5e Is Like the Girlfriend You Broke Up With Last Year

[Gargoyle]

You 3e / Pathfinder guys got out of the relationship just in time. Those of us in a relationship with 4e accidently became married by common law. (DDI)

 

[Dykstrav]

I don't even want to know what this says about people playing multiple systems, especially those playing 4E and PF.

At the risk of sounding grandma-unfriendly... It means that I'm a system slut.

The new girl (4E) is always interesting--a change of pace, a new direction, a fresh routine, it's great. Feels pretty good for the first few weeks. But once you start looking past her pretty face (art and layout, miniatures, cards, tiles, tokens) and start having serious conversations and deeper levels of connection with her (the mechanics), something is missing. It feels like it's supposed to be right, but just doesn't scratch that itch.

Her older sisters (previous editions) all have their charm, and they all know certain things that you like to do. Her younger sister (Pathfinder) is only a year younger than her, but that younger sister managed to keep the best of the classic and give it her own sense of style, her own personality. The younger sister "gets it," and she looks damned good doing it. She turns heads when she enters a room. She keeps things fresh and interesting.

In short... I'll spend the night with someone else, but I'm going to keep coming back to the one that "gets it."

 

[Pentius]

So, I've been dating this great girl(D&D). We've been friends for a long time(since AD&D), but we never clicked until recently, after I heard she made some big changes in her life(4e). So I stopped all the one night stands with random girls(trying other systems, and never quite liking them), and gave her a call. Anyway, things with her have been great. A bit non-traditional at times, but that's what makes it special for us. Her dad's still a bit meddlesome(hasbro), but it's no big deal.

The weird thing is, it always seems like our old friends and coworkers are trying to find problems for us. Recently we've been trying some new stuff(essentials) and while each thing hasn't always worked out, it's been good to find and reinforce the boundaries of our relationship. But the more we explore what we've got, the more people are telling her that we're doomed, and she should just get it over with(5e threads)