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<blockquote data-quote="5Shilling" data-source="post: 6885213" data-attributes="member: 6849897">What one person sees as 'watered down' others may see as 'streamlined'. In fact I'm tempted to say that 3.5 has been watered down with far too many bad-choice options, single-case rules and so on and so forth. If I look at it this way, then 5E is the more 'pure'. Of course any 5E player can easily convert almost all those 3E books to their system, and vice versa.Everyone could be correct at the same time. Everyone looks at these things through a different lens.5E was deliberately designed to be 'the best parts of previous editions' so it is unsurprising that you find it similar to 3.5. If it's not for you then that is fine and good - but I love it, as do many others and that's not something you are going to argue anyone out of. I'm going to do you the courtesy of not attempting the same and say that yes, 3.5 is the best edition for you.As to the original intent of the thread - I was a little disappointed with LMoP at first read, but I have grown fond of it after running it. It is not perfect, but it has charm. You're right in that it could use a bit more guidance for a new DM along the lines of what the area looks like - all I could really find with a quick flick-through was on page 4 &quot;Amid a wilderness of jagged, snow-capped peaks, alpine forests...&quot; For that reason I'd recommend a first time DM pick up the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide along with the Starter Set. (It could use more non-combat encounters, but that's something I find in 90% of official adventures. On the other hand any combat encounter can be a non-combat encounter if the PCs and DM want it to be).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="5Shilling, post: 6885213, member: 6849897"] What one person sees as 'watered down' others may see as 'streamlined'. In fact I'm tempted to say that 3.5 has been watered down with far too many bad-choice options, single-case rules and so on and so forth. If I look at it this way, then 5E is the more 'pure'. Of course any 5E player can easily convert almost all those 3E books to their system, and vice versa. Everyone could be correct at the same time. Everyone looks at these things through a different lens. 5E was deliberately designed to be 'the best parts of previous editions' so it is unsurprising that you find it similar to 3.5. If it's not for you then that is fine and good - but I love it, as do many others and that's not something you are going to argue anyone out of. I'm going to do you the courtesy of not attempting the same and say that yes, 3.5 is the best edition for you. As to the original intent of the thread - I was a little disappointed with LMoP at first read, but I have grown fond of it after running it. It is not perfect, but it has charm. You're right in that it could use a bit more guidance for a new DM along the lines of what the area looks like - all I could really find with a quick flick-through was on page 4 "Amid a wilderness of jagged, snow-capped peaks, alpine forests..." For that reason I'd recommend a first time DM pick up the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide along with the Starter Set. (It could use more non-combat encounters, but that's something I find in 90% of official adventures. On the other hand any combat encounter can be a non-combat encounter if the PCs and DM want it to be). [/QUOTE]

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