D&D 5E Petty Reasons I Might Buy 5e

[Agamon]

We ordered it last year at GenCon. This year has been pretty lousy with the waiting. Remember the waiting when being envious. So. Much. Waiting.

Waiting? You had to take a second job at a restaurant to afford it?

I'd wear a badge over my lapel that says, "Tip me, I'm a geek!" That might help.

 

[Thaumaturge]

Waiting? You had to take a second job at a restaurant to afford it?

I'd wear a badge over my lapel that says, "Tip me, I'm a geek!" That might help.

Worse. I had to take over supervision of my own children. Can you imagine? The indignity of it all. I'm waiting on them all of the time, and they never tip.

Thaumaturge.

 

[FireLance]

FireLance, it seems that all of your reasons are ways in which 5E is similar to 4E, so I can't help but ask: Why not just (happily) stick with 4E if that's your preferred approach to the game? In other words, why force it? If you're basically wanting 5E to be 4E, you're only bound for disappointment because it won't be able to "out-4E 4E."

Well, every time that something I like about 4e outright isn't going to be in 5e, that's a mark against 5e (unless it's replaced by something that I consider better, of course). Every time that something I like about 4e gets into 5e, it makes it more likely that I will want to make the change. There were also elements in the 5e playtest that I found intriguing (such as Hit Dice and sorcerers that gained abilities as they spent their spell slots/spell points) and would have made me more interested in switching, but they are not evident from the previews. (Hit Dice are probably in, but that has not been confirmed to the best of my knowledge.)

Right now, I can't think of any outright dealbreakers or dealmakers for elements that are either out or in, (or vice-versa) and I'm planning to evaluate the system as a whole, plusses and minuses both, before deciding one way or the other. Like I said, cautiously optimistic, but only that.

I'm not sure you can jump to that conclusion from his post. I mean, a lot of the reasons I like 5e is because of aspects that hearken back to B/X. That doesn't mean I want 5e to be just like B/X, or that I'm going to be disappointed if it doesn't out-B/X B/X. It means that I want 5e to have the things I like from B/X, not have (or be able to easily remove) the things I don't like from B/X, and maybe have a few new things to enjoy as well. (For that matter, all that goes the same for 4e for me as well.)

Being able to play 5e in the style of your favorite previous edition is supposed to be a selling point of 5e. And that includes 4e.

Exactly!

 

[Umbran]

Worse. I had to take over supervision of my own children. Can you imagine? The indignity of it all. I'm waiting on them all of the time, and they never tip.

Well, at least you get to rest easy knowing you've raised some well balanced children.

 

[Wolfskin]

(Hit Dice are probably in, but that has not been confirmed to the best of my knowledge.)

Hit Dice are 100% in, confirmed by Mearls in the unboxing video when talking about Second Wind. They're a big favorite of mine.

 

[Thaumaturge]

Well, at least you get to rest easy knowing you've raised some well balanced children.

They're like weebles!

Thaumaturge.

 

[FireLance]

Hit Dice are 100% in, confirmed by Mearls in the unboxing video when talking about Second Wind. They're a big favorite of mine.

Thanks, I tend to skip videos and webcasts, so I have to get any news from them second hand.

Well, one more petty reason I might buy 5e, then!

 

[BoldItalic]

My petty reasons to buy 5e:

1. The blue dice. I have lots of dice but, oddly, now I come to look at them, very few of them are blue. Must have.

2. People on these forums seem to rant a lot about how they won't buy 5e because although they are allowed to change the bits they don't like, they don't want to be allowed to change them (presumably because then they would have nothing to rant about). I'm going to buy it to prove how broad-minded and superior I am and feel smug.

3. In 5e, I don't have to paint miniatures. I don't really like painting miniatures, it takes hours and I'm not very good at it.

4. It has dragons.

 

[thalmin]

Because after 2 1/2 years of playtesting with printouts, I want to finally play with a real book at my elbow!

 

[jodyjohnson]

1. It has a box. Rules in boxes are better.
2. I feel bad if I game at the FLGS week after week and buy nothing.
3. I have a box with a red dragon and a black dragon, time for one with a green dragon.
4. My son's birthday is in August but I'm too cheap to buy him a PHB.
5. It helps me pretend I'm 14 again, and it's Christmas 1981.
6. I want to do my part to clear shelf space for the Pathfinder Advanced Class Guide in August.