D&D 5E Not upgrading? What version of D&D 5e are you sticking with?

[Zardnaar]

Gonna try out 2024 but see what happens. If we go back it's probably pre Tashas or cherry picked bits of Tashas.

 

[Hriston]

I voted 5.0 but consider 5.0 to have been completed in January 2016 with the release of the SRD and 5.1 to have commenced with the release of Curse of Strahd in March 2016 followed by the release of SRD 5.1 in May 2016, so it includes the core books plus the EEPC and SCAG as far as player options, but I've also been known to allow some options from XGtE.

 

[zottel]

I am squarely in the middle, can't really decide which side of the coin I am landing on.
Extra feat and MotM races are a no for me, but I can't withold alternate class features from our ranger.
Guess for the sake of the poll I am on the 5.0 side.

 

[GMMichael]

The poll needs a 5RD-only option.

I'm not paying for that stuff.

 

[Bupp]

I'm using the CC 5E SRD as the base, but with stuff added from whatever source I like. A5E, ToV, WotC, homebrew, blogs.

So very much post Tasha's, but nothing whole. A curated selection.

 

[greymist]

Pre-TCE, albeit with some bits and bobs from post-TCE (but no custom lineage, artificer, new backgrounds, etc), and a metric poop-tonne of house rules.

 

[GrimCo]

Post TCE, but what is and isn't allowed is on campaign basis. For one shots, it's usually everything goes. For anything else, it's a bit (or more than a bit) restrictive.

 

[Remathilis]

As of this post, the options are split 8/7, which if closer than I imagined. I'm going to give more people time to vote before I reveal my hypothesis, but let's just say it's so far shaking out a little differently.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Ok, you're not upgrading to D&D 2024. You also aren't interested in moving to a different 5e system. You're sticking with D&D 5e. But what version?

For this poll, there are two categories: I'm naming them 5.0 and 5.1. The dividing line is Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. I'll explain both groups below.

5.0: 2014 PHB, Xanathar's Volo's and Tome of Foes. Racial ASI. Class features per PHB. No bonus feats. Artificer class (from Eberron). Subraces.
5.1: Post Tasha's. Alternate class features. Customize your Origin. Backgrounds give bonus feat at level 1. Monster of the Multiverse style races.

Obviously, some games may use elements of 5.1 and not others (for example, using the alternate class features, but opting for 5.0 racial ASI). For this purpose, if you are use the bulk of the rules from 5.0 with only a few additions, use 5.0 but if you are mostly allowing the post-Tasha additions, use 5.1.

I'm curious how many holdouts are going all the way back to the beginning and how many are just not progressing to 2024 (5.2 for this purpose).

While my full campaign play uses Level Up, I am in a game with my kids and am planning to run another, and those games use pre-Tasha's 5.0. This is mostly to keep choices to a manageable level for new players who are used to video games over pen and paper. That said, my daughter in particular is very excited about D&D and could probably handle and appreciate more complexity, so I have hope I will be able to introduce her to my preferred version of 5e moving forward.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I'm using the CC 5E SRD as the base, but with stuff added from whatever source I like. A5E, ToV, WotC, homebrew, blogs.

So very much post Tasha's, but nothing whole. A curated selection.

I do the same thing for my main game, but use A5e as my base instead of the CC 5e SRD.