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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8861266" data-attributes="member: 42040">The first time I felt really exhausted and overworked as a DM was in 3.x/PF1. It was like a job. I stopped writing my own adventures and using pre-published content, which I hadn't done in my previous system (2E). 4E was a break from that, mostly because I ran Encounters at the game store - which was super easy to prep and simplistic (I think each season ended at 3rd level). I'm back to feeling exhausted and overworked as a DM in 5E. I perceive it to be a little more challenging to prep than 2E (just because the powers of the characters AND that the encounter system doesn't work at all.) 4E might've been easier because of the content I ran in that era. But it's miles easier than 3.x/PF1. It's harder to prep than PF2 because the encounter system works in PF2. The real challenge for me in 5E is that I'm not running a single game. I'm running TWO weekly games of 5E (because no one else in those groups wants to DM). I'm also running a weekly PF2 game, which requires less headspace because it's mostly already done for me. Even with premade adventures (or maybe ESPECIALLY with premade adventures), 5E takes a good amount of work to make it function for my groups.</blockquote>