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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9098278" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>I have to rank 5E as my favorite version of D&D so far. I don't get too caught up in the mechanics of the game, the so-called "crunch". It's obviously not perfect because nothing is perfect and never can be. It certainly can't be perfect for everyone. The few things that irked me about 5E required just a handful of house rules (almost all of which benefit the players), and I'm wrapping up my 2nd campaign that went to 20th level.</p><p></p><p>The most amazing thing though is that while I play with some old grognards like me, I have another game where my baby boomer sister who never picked up a polyhedral dice before has joined a group we run for her and my nephews. Admittedly for my sister it's more about spending time with her kids (and one fiancé), but she's still enjoying it, jumping into battle with the rest of us. I would have bet just about anything that it's something I would never see.</p><p></p><p>I guess I just like a game that is streamlined and does a decent job mechanically while being streamlined enough that, for lack of a better term, it gets out of the way of my story telling. I can focus on story as a DM and on who my character is, not what my character is, when I play. I'm hopeful for the tweaks in the 2024 edition and if they totally f*** it up, I'll continue playing 5E for a long time.</p><p></p><p>But you can't please everyone and if you try you often end up pleasing no one. So if it's time to move on I wish you well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9098278, member: 6801845"] I have to rank 5E as my favorite version of D&D so far. I don't get too caught up in the mechanics of the game, the so-called "crunch". It's obviously not perfect because nothing is perfect and never can be. It certainly can't be perfect for everyone. The few things that irked me about 5E required just a handful of house rules (almost all of which benefit the players), and I'm wrapping up my 2nd campaign that went to 20th level. The most amazing thing though is that while I play with some old grognards like me, I have another game where my baby boomer sister who never picked up a polyhedral dice before has joined a group we run for her and my nephews. Admittedly for my sister it's more about spending time with her kids (and one fiancé), but she's still enjoying it, jumping into battle with the rest of us. I would have bet just about anything that it's something I would never see. I guess I just like a game that is streamlined and does a decent job mechanically while being streamlined enough that, for lack of a better term, it gets out of the way of my story telling. I can focus on story as a DM and on who my character is, not what my character is, when I play. I'm hopeful for the tweaks in the 2024 edition and if they totally f*** it up, I'll continue playing 5E for a long time. But you can't please everyone and if you try you often end up pleasing no one. So if it's time to move on I wish you well. [/QUOTE]
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