Is this all for naught?

[steeldragons]

I am as intrigued as anyone about 5e and what it will entail. Dreaming up "what if's" and "how about's" is part and parcel of the creative imagination that D&D has always invoked in me.

I will likely purchase, or at least page through/look at any online material about, 5e to see what it has to offer.

That said, I will also likely continue to use my thoroughly detailed and lovingly crafted (over decades!) game world of Orea.

I will likely take elements, races, classes, rules in general that I do not agree with, want, like, think silly or unnecessary or inappropriate and "houserule" them out...and am just as likely to houserule IN elements, races, classes, rules in general that I DO agree with,want,like, think "cool" or necessary or appropriate.

Ideally, 5e would be so awesome and easy and desirable that I would just start playing that...but if it's not, I won't "hate" WotC or give up D&D (waaaay too many decades in already).

So, I guess what I'm asking here is...what do we do or are your attitudes of what happens if 5e doesn't hand you the silver platter with everything you could possibly want in a D&D TABLE TOP rpg (not just what you like better/want from ANY rpg, but D&D!)

And, again, happy Friday, all.
--SD

 

[Dausuul]

So, I guess what I'm asking here is...what do we do or are your attitudes of what happens if 5e doesn't hand you the silver platter with everything you could possibly want in a D&D TABLE TOP rpg (not just what you like better/want from ANY rpg, but D&D!)

When 5E doesn't hand me a silver platter with everything I could ever want in D&D, I will consider what it does offer me and whether it's an improvement on what I've got in the previous editions. Based on what I have so far seen, I strongly suspect the answer will be "yes." If it is, I'll push for my group to adopt the new edition. If it isn't, I'll push for us to strike out in a different direction--I'm getting increasingly tired of 4E.

 

[pauljathome]

So, I guess what I'm asking here is...what do we do or are your attitudes of what happens if 5e doesn't hand you the silver platter with everything you could possibly want in a D&D TABLE TOP rpg (not just what you like better/want from ANY rpg, but D&D!)

--SD

If both me and most Pathfinder (my current edition) people that I play with think that DndNext is better than Pathfinder then I'll probably try and use it in future campaigns and perhaps see my PFS play change to DndNextPFS. I doubt that I'd change the current campaign that I'm running unless DndNext is a LOT better.

If it isn't better then I'll try and stick with Pathfinder.

Both of the above are pretty easy and obvious.

Obviously, things get more complicated if lots of people disagree about what is best. We then get either MORE splintering of the D&D players or we get a different splintering. Too many options to really have an opinion on how that would shake out either in general or in my particular neck of the woods.

 

[Andor]

I don't think any game system can ever offer everything you want on a silver platter. As you noted you have spent years crafting your own world. If you have a turtle-man PC race and no dwarves then odds are you will need to recreate the testudinians (Cheledonians?) and cross out the dwarves in any new edition of D&D.

If you have a system that adequately portrays the world you envision then you are good. The only reason to switch is if the new edition is a better match for your vision, or speeds play enough to offset any poorly matching features. A trade-off is likely. Or perhaps it will so inspire someone in your group that they will start a game and you can play 5e at their house and the system-of-your-choice at yours.

You are an experienced GM, you know how to adapt a game to suit your needs. In a sense this edition isn't really meant for you. A new game is made to bring in new players or reinvigorate old players who have drifted away. Or to sell new books to loyal fans of course but that's not a growth model, it's a sustained one. And for any product the need is growth or death.

 

[Janaxstrus]

If it FEELS like older D&D games (to me, personal preferences here) and improves on 3.5/Pathfinder, I'll buy all the books and we'll start a campaign immediately.

If, in my opinion, it feels more like 4e, I won't spend a dime on it and Paizo will continue to benefit from my overly spendy ways.

 

[Crazy Jerome]

I don't expect 5E to be the ultimate D&D. Given some of the competing preferences, confusion surrounding them, and ambitions for the game to appeal to a broad swath, it will be doing well to simply be a good game. If it's that, I'll buy it (at least the early parts) and probably use it.

My taste are too broad and ecletic for one game to dominate them, even being confined primarily with a subset of the fantasy genres. I don't expect 5E to change that.

 

[I'm A Banana]

The question isn't "Is this the platonic ideal of ultimate gaming nirvana?"

The question is "Am I going to have more fun with this than the other stuff I could be using?"

5e seems like it has the right ideas in place to help me meet that last question with a Yes. 3e had an enthusiastic Yes, and 4e a much more begrudging, reluctant one.

When 6e comes around, we'll see.

 

[Doug McCrae]

The most I hope for from any rpg are some interesting ideas.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I'll be playing whatever the bulk of my gamer pals adopt.

They're all intrigued by 5e, but to win them the edition will have to be similar enough in the feel of the game to d&d AND similar *enough* with the rules they are all playing now. Most of them skipped 4e because it was too different and went Pathfinder instead. I skipped 4e initially for the same reason, but a couple years after I fund a group to give it a try.

5e can't survive if too many people skip it only to try it later. It needs to get the buy in right away and in significant percentages.

 

[Grazzt]

So, I guess what I'm asking here is...what do we do or are your attitudes of what happens if 5e doesn't hand you the silver platter with everything you could possibly want in a D&D TABLE TOP rpg (not just what you like better/want from ANY rpg, but D&D!)
--SD

If we like enough of the game to adopt it (as no version yet has everything we possibly want), we will migrate our game to it. Otherwise, we'll simply stick with the version of D&D we prefer.