D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E

[Reynard]

It really is a weird one.

“If the designers had telepathy and tailor made the game specifically for you and all your preferences to the letter to perfectly match your tastes, would you play it?”

The only real answers are:

“Yes, of course” or “5E already is my pitch-perfect game.”

The excluded middle, it burns.

The question is about whether you would be inclined to a notably different version of D&D despite a clearly successful and (as far as D&D editions go) venerable -- not to mention EXTREMELY well supported by 3PPs -- edition in 5E is still going strong.

I don't think it is a strange or confusing premise at all.

 

[Scribe]

The only real answer is:

“Yes, of course.”

That was clearly my read, but looking at the poll results maybe we are wrong?

 

[TwoSix]

The excluded middle, it burns.

The question is about whether you would be inclined to a notably different version of D&D despite a clearly successful and (as far as D&D editions go) venerable -- not to mention EXTREMELY well supported by 3PPs -- edition in 5E is still going strong.

I don't think it is a strange or confusing premise at all.

I think an implicit part of the premise of the OP is that the hypothetical game is neither so perfectly calibrated to one’s taste that adoption is a no-brainer, nor is the game so objectionable that playing it is a non-starter.

So then the question becomes one of whether or not you favor novelty over the benefits of having an already established and prevalent gaming ecosystem.

 

[cbwjm]

I'd have at least checked it out, but honestly, I think with increasing cost of living and just being tired of the edition churn, I'm not sure I'd have ultimately adopted it.

 

[dave2008]

For me personally, I want a change that requires translation rather than conversion. For example, I had a campaign that was 5 years old using 2E when 3E came out. We finished it and the next campaign flowed directly from it (the PCs were the children of the previous characters) so the setting was the same. But we did not convert things from 2E to 3E. We translated that world into the language of 3E. And then later, similarly, into the language of M&M when the world advanced to the modern era. So are those games "compatible"?

I don't even need translation if it better than what I am doing now. I just have my doubts a 6e would be when none of the other innovative games out there now have achieved that. I do hold out some hope for Odyssey though (not sure when mike plans to release it though).

 

[Charlaquin]

But the premise is also that the hypothetical new game is "innovative" and strays further from 2014 5E than 2024 5E does. For those who like 2014 5E, it's a confusing premise.

Yeah, fair point

 

[overgeeked]

I think an implicit part of the premise of the OP is that the hypothetical game is neither so perfectly calibrated to one’s taste that adoption is a no-brainer, nor is the game so objectionable that playing it is a non-starter.

So then the question becomes one of whether or not you favor novelty over the benefits of having an already established and prevalent gaming ecosystem.

Yep. Which also seems to render the question moot. Anyone wanting that novelty can already get it by looking at any one of the thousands of other RPGs. If something innovative but close to D&D is your jam, the OSR/NSR scenes have you well and truly covered. To say nothing of the mountain of not-quite-5E-clones.

 

[Zardnaar]

The reason I play D&D 2024 is because I like it.

That's perfectly valid.

Erm I mean go stand in the corner and you should feel bad for your opinion. Phew forgot where I was.

 

[Charlaquin]

The excluded middle, it burns.

The question is about whether you would be inclined to a notably different version of D&D despite a clearly successful and (as far as D&D editions go) venerable -- not to mention EXTREMELY well supported by 3PPs -- edition in 5E is still going strong.

I don't think it is a strange or confusing premise at all.

What I could see being confusing is the combination of “significant change” and “to your liking.” If you’re someone who already thinks 5e is basically prefect, that combination of things doesn’t compute

 

[Scribe]

I'd have at least checked it out, but honestly, I think with increasing cost of living and just being tired of the edition churn, I'm not sure I'd have ultimately adopted it.

This is honestly facinating to me, no shade at all here for you, and maybe its just how I view 5e colours my take on it....

I'm not even one for novelty, I just HAVE to believe there is a better game either in the ether, or out there (there is..SD) so one written essentially FOR ME? Yeah thats just a lock, see ya 5e, dont let the door hit ya.