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<blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9313884" data-attributes="member: 6921294"><p>I was having a conversation yesterday with my neighbor's younger brother. Hès 20 y/o I believe, has only played 5E. From what I gather the majority of his gaming has been at local game stores and those experiences weren't too good for him, and he's played with his two brothers with the oldest (my neighbor) DMing. I can say from the playing with said DM he has a lot of room for improvement. As we have been playing together for a while, I was the one who encouraged my neighbor to DM, which I give him credit for doing but I always got the impression that he never read the DMG, and just watched some MCDM videos, among others, hell I'm not even sure he read the PHB or MM in its entirety as his style of running games is rather railroady and disjointed. Getting back to yesterday's conversation I mentioned that for a few reasons I decided to bow out of a monthly 5E game we were planning, him and his two brothers, myself and two other people. I said to him, "let's face it your brother and I are going to bear the brunt of the DM duties, but I've always thought that everyone in a group should try their hand DMing". His response was something to the effect that he could never do it, it's too much to remember and keep track of at the table. I'd be hard pressed to believe he even owns a DMG let alone read it. </p><p></p><p>My personal opinion is that the core books need to be shortened and reconfigured somehow to a new standard that is not the traditional three. Instead of people actually reading the cores books IME from playing with some younger players over the past 6-7 years, I think a lot of people are taking shortcuts and relying too much on YouTube advice, actual play videos, and digital tools like D&DB instead of actually reading and digesting the rules in the core books. I think there is a lot to be said for prospective DMs being turned off by the assumption that they need to read a ~300 pg DMG, so they don't bother. The only way WotC will get me playing 5E again is if the 2024-2025 revisions are so well re-written and re-organized that it makes the game much easier to teach, run and play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R_J_K75, post: 9313884, member: 6921294"] I was having a conversation yesterday with my neighbor's younger brother. Hès 20 y/o I believe, has only played 5E. From what I gather the majority of his gaming has been at local game stores and those experiences weren't too good for him, and he's played with his two brothers with the oldest (my neighbor) DMing. I can say from the playing with said DM he has a lot of room for improvement. As we have been playing together for a while, I was the one who encouraged my neighbor to DM, which I give him credit for doing but I always got the impression that he never read the DMG, and just watched some MCDM videos, among others, hell I'm not even sure he read the PHB or MM in its entirety as his style of running games is rather railroady and disjointed. Getting back to yesterday's conversation I mentioned that for a few reasons I decided to bow out of a monthly 5E game we were planning, him and his two brothers, myself and two other people. I said to him, "let's face it your brother and I are going to bear the brunt of the DM duties, but I've always thought that everyone in a group should try their hand DMing". His response was something to the effect that he could never do it, it's too much to remember and keep track of at the table. I'd be hard pressed to believe he even owns a DMG let alone read it. My personal opinion is that the core books need to be shortened and reconfigured somehow to a new standard that is not the traditional three. Instead of people actually reading the cores books IME from playing with some younger players over the past 6-7 years, I think a lot of people are taking shortcuts and relying too much on YouTube advice, actual play videos, and digital tools like D&DB instead of actually reading and digesting the rules in the core books. I think there is a lot to be said for prospective DMs being turned off by the assumption that they need to read a ~300 pg DMG, so they don't bother. The only way WotC will get me playing 5E again is if the 2024-2025 revisions are so well re-written and re-organized that it makes the game much easier to teach, run and play. [/QUOTE]
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