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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Acolyte of Zothique" data-source="post: 7895153" data-attributes="member: 6852701">With all due respect, a lot of this post is nonsense. Over the past 4.5 years I have had many people completely new to rpgs, let alone D&D, join my 5e games. Yes, I helped them create a new character but this never took longer than 20-30 minutes. All they needed to know was roll the D20, add that ability modifier and, if you are skilled, that +2 (or +3). They only needed to know what their class and race abilities were. Within 1 to 2 sessions these players got the gist of the game and learned the conditional stuff as it came up in play.5e, being the DM orientated edition like 1e and 2e before it, makes the game easy to play and learn. On the spectrum of rules light - rules heavy I would rate 5e as rules medium bordering on the lighter side of the spectrum.So, yeah, 5e being complex? Nonsense and humbug I say! 3.5 was complex. Rolemaster was complex. Shadowrun 4e was complex. 5e is not complex.</blockquote>