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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ajar" data-source="post: 6064801" data-attributes="member: 85901">I'm a serious gamer by the OP's measure. I run and play in all 4E games currently, be it virtual tabletop, play by post, or the live tabletop WotBS game I started running that's been on hiatus for a while. I grew up on gold box basic and then later 2E AD&D, and although I did play in d20/3.x games and run two, D&D wasn't as big a part of my life in the 3.x era as it was in 2E. I was initially apprehensive about 4E's release -- I was happy running Iron Heroes and using True Sorcery for magic. But when I sat down and played 4E at a table, I was instantly sold, and haven't looked back. My long-running Iron Heroes campaign ended this month after 5 years, and while it was satisfying to bring the narrative to a close, I'm honestly relieved to be finally shelving d20 for good as a DM. I'd play d20 or [notranslate]Pathfinder[/notranslate], but I'm not willing to run them; the system just doesn't work for me as a DM. What I want out of any fantasy RPG before I'll switch is ease of prep and play from the DM's side. If 5E matches or exceeds 4E in that area, I'll consider it once it's actually out. For now I'm keeping an eye on the playtest packets, and I'm neutral to lukewarm positive on what I'm seeing. I haven't tried it at the table, though, so I'm not sure if I'll have a revelatory moment similar to what I had with 4E when I actually play it. As it is, though, my Zeitgeist players are only at level 5 and I'm planning to run the entire campaign all the way to level 30, so even if a new game comes into one of my groups, I'll be running 4E for years to come no matter what happens with 5E, 13th Age, Savage Worlds, or any of the other systems that I'm interested in checking out.</blockquote>

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