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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8932668" data-attributes="member: 6801845">So back towards the end of 4E, I was burning out and just wasn't having much fun running the game any more.  So I just explained how I felt to my group and that after we wrapped up the current campaign that we'd figure out something else.  As it turned out, that something else was 5E that was announced shortly after the talk.  But my point is that I just explained to the group what was going on, what I was feeling and that I wanted to move on...and they were okay with it.But speaking of the OGL controversy, that to me might be a bit of a red herring.  Maybe.  If someone in my life made a mistake and, before there was any actual harm done, apologized and went out of their way to make things better I would forgive them.  Life is to short to hold grudges or get too bent out of shape because someone f'ed up, nobody is perfect.  I know I'm certainly not and have made plenty of mistakes in the past.  I view WOTC's f-up the same way.  They screwed up but then in short order (for a corporation anyway) made it right.I'm not telling you what to think or feel, whether or not I agree or even understand. I just think you need to think about what the real root cause is.  Is it frustration with the rules?  The genre? Just burning out on being a DM?  Because that will determine how you should handle it.</blockquote>