D&D 5E Should Next have been something completely new and made from scratch?

[Morrus]

Hmm? There are lots of completely new games. Folks are welcome to try them all. This one's D&D. Yiu can have both; a thousand new games AND D&D!

 

[ForeverSlayer]

I still think there would be a way to capture the D&D feel while creating a whole new game.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Here is how I look at it.

My friend and I both like cereal but we both like different kinds. I like Froot Loops and my friend likes Apple Jacks. Well the problem is there is only one bowl and we both want what we like now. Well a third person comes up with the idea of mixing the two cereals together so we can both have what we like. Well the problem with that is I don't like Apple Jacks and he doesn't like Froot Loops and the cereal is already mixed. Neither one of us want to have to pick out which cereal we like out of the bowl.

This analogy is so far from my experience of the game, that it suggests you have not sincerely attempted to play the game as written, but are looking for things not to like.

 

[fjw70]

So why would a person who isn't a fan of 4th edition want to play a game that contains elements of 4th edition in it?

What specifically are you talking about?

 

[ForeverSlayer]

This analogy is so far from my experience of the game, that it suggests you have not sincerely attempted to play the game as written, but are looking for things not to like.

I have played it and I stick by what I say.

 

[fjw70]

Also if you don't like optional rules then 5e probably isn't for you.

 

[ForeverSlayer]

This analogy is so far from my experience of the game, that it suggests you have not sincerely attempted to play the game as written, but are looking for things not to like.

I have played it and I stick by what I say.

 

[ForeverSlayer]

Also if you don't like optional rules then 5e probably isn't for you.

Well when they actually start bringing us optional rules then maybe I will change my mind.

 

[Zardnaar]

Then you end up with a game very open to accusations of "not D&D". It doesn't have to be the best RPG on the market, it just has to be a good version of D&D. Time will tell on how the fanbase accepts it. It is to 4E for me so I will likely pass and stick with retroclones and Pathfinder and a bit of AD&D on occasion.

 

[Morrus]

I still think there would be a way to capture the D&D feel while creating a whole new game.

I don't know what that means. You mean somebody could write you a game that makes you feel the same way you do when you play D&D? I guess.