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<blockquote data-quote="marroon69" data-source="post: 6542485" data-attributes="member: 96906">3 out of 5 rating for D&amp;D 5th Edition Player's HandbookI find that E5 seems to get all the &quot;new and shiny&quot; press, every one praises for simply approach and getting back to old school feel. I am a D&amp;D fan from way back, I have played every edition and I find this one to be so so. They got rid of the video game feel of 4E but it still feels like it is lacking...it still feels dumbed down and simplified where it was not needed. Do not get me wrong simpler is better, fast play will always win over heavy rules but some times rules have a reason. We have been playing for a few months now and it still seems to me to feel very much like E4 with some new paint and I do not see the old school everyone is raving about.I have no issue with book quality, top notch. Editing, top notch. Most of the art is awesome....except for the halflings this look terrible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="marroon69, post: 6542485, member: 96906"] [b]3 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Player's Handbook[/b] I find that E5 seems to get all the "new and shiny" press, every one praises for simply approach and getting back to old school feel. I am a D&D fan from way back, I have played every edition and I find this one to be so so. They got rid of the video game feel of 4E but it still feels like it is lacking...it still feels dumbed down and simplified where it was not needed. Do not get me wrong simpler is better, fast play will always win over heavy rules but some times rules have a reason. We have been playing for a few months now and it still seems to me to feel very much like E4 with some new paint and I do not see the old school everyone is raving about.I have no issue with book quality, top notch. Editing, top notch. Most of the art is awesome....except for the halflings this look terrible. [/QUOTE]

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