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

[darjr]

Thinking about it, I don't want another version of D&D. If I run it again I'll go with 2014 without feats and level 1-3 like a long extended funnel with backup characters.

 

[Azzy]

Considering that I really like 5e, they'd have to knock it out of the ballpark for me to be interested in it

 

[Azzy]

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

This is the way.

 

[Greg K]

Probably not. Overall, I like many things about 5e
I may be trying to run a short session of D&D (the first time running anything since before COVID). If I do, I am going to use 2014 and, maybe, borrow a few things from 2024 that people revealed in reviews of various classes. While I like some 2024 changes, among my main reasons for not using 2024 are

• disliking the some of the changes to specific base classes;
• every class getting their subclass at level 3;
• and my dislike for even more subclasses included in the 2024 PHB than the 2016 PHB.

One other area I think WOTC dropped the ball with 2024 was not splitting culture from species as was done in Tales of the Valiant.
So, overall, I would rather just have a version with those issues (for me) addressed which is not as drastic as a radically different system.

 

[Muso]

First I love to go against the rules, so I picked up "it depends"
The real reason is that is too difficult to answer to this question. A new edition in the path of 5E but improving sone issues without changing the game into something radically different (as the 3E -> 4E change) could be interesting. A radical change that turn upside down the game won't interest me. Then there are an infinite number of options in the beteen. So, "it depends".

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Where is the “no” option?

 

[humble minion]

I'm not entirely sure what this poll is intended to prove, but I voted the second option.

I would have checked it out. I checked out 4e when it came out and decided it wasn't for me, I checked out D&D 2024 and decided to stick with 5e for the moment at least, although I've stolen some of the bits I like as house rules. Obviously there's some complications if you have a game already running in the previous system, but nothing insurmountable.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I’ve been through every edition of D&D, and 5e, although not perfect, is by far the best. I wouldn’t consider it worth checking out a significantly different version. Especially since I’m bored with D&D’s generic fantasy, and long for other genres in my role play. It’s only liking the ruleset that keeps me in the D&D camp.