dave2008
Legend
Ok, thank you for the clarification. I have the basic rules, but I haven't looked at them in a long time.
D&D 5E Basic D&D Campaign
aco175
Legend
We started 5e with LMoP and the basic rules therein, even though we had the PHB. I think it lasted roughly though the box set and then I was adding more DMG items and such as the PCs gained levels beyond the 5th that ended the box set. Today, only have the players use feats and optional rules. My father is still basic human champion fighter.
I find it is not a bad set of rules and more favors new players and maybe more to kids. I'm assuming most of us on the boards like more options and rules to expand things, but one-shots and quick gatherings makes it great to have. I think they only went to 5th level, but that can be a few months of play or a campaign's worth of fun.
I find it is not a bad set of rules and more favors new players and maybe more to kids. I'm assuming most of us on the boards like more options and rules to expand things, but one-shots and quick gatherings makes it great to have. I think they only went to 5th level, but that can be a few months of play or a campaign's worth of fun.
The first 5E campaign I ever ran was Lost Mine of Phandelver using only the Basic 5E rules. It was perfectly fun; the group consisted of a high elf evoker wizard, a human champion fighter, a wood elf thief rogue, and a human life cleric.
By the time we finished the campaign (characters were just shy of level 5), the players running the fighter and the rogue definitely expressed that they wanted more mechanical options and complexity for their characters (especially the fighter); the wizard and cleric were totally happy with their characters.
By the time we finished the campaign (characters were just shy of level 5), the players running the fighter and the rogue definitely expressed that they wanted more mechanical options and complexity for their characters (especially the fighter); the wizard and cleric were totally happy with their characters.
Lyxen
Great Old One
Thanks, completely missed the tag, too many discussions about very old editions going on in parallel, I guess.
So, no experience at all with 5e basic.
Sword of Spirit
Legend
The Basic rules also have 3 subraces that are NOT in the SRD, so you want both for the maximum free content.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Oh yeah. Basic D&D was the only game I played until the 3rd Edition was released in 2000. That's...woah. That makes it 15 years straight...longer than I've played any other edition. We ran campaigns that started out at 1st level, and lasted well into the low 20th levels, traveling all over The Known World in the process.
I'm not sure I could run a BECM game exclusively nowadays, though. The d20 system is just too elegant to abandon in favor of upside-down armor classes, percentile skill checks, and THAC0. But I would dearly love to see the Mystara campaign get a 5E update. I would finally be able to play my favorite classic monsters and modules easily, with my favorite game rules system.
I'm not sure I could run a BECM game exclusively nowadays, though. The d20 system is just too elegant to abandon in favor of upside-down armor classes, percentile skill checks, and THAC0. But I would dearly love to see the Mystara campaign get a 5E update. I would finally be able to play my favorite classic monsters and modules easily, with my favorite game rules system.
dave2008
Legend
In case you missed it, the OP is talking about the free 5e Basic Rules
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
I haven’t, but I think it would be fun to. The trick is finding players who want to play in such a game.
