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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7819163" data-attributes="member: 996">Sure.  Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather run 5e than 3e, for instance, in no small part because there's less chargen-like tedium on the DM side of the screen, and less guff from players.  But 5e /is/ a real challenge to run, it's just, well, for me, more a matter of emotional energy.  I have to be 'up' to run a good 5e session.  Firing on all cylinders.  IDK, hard to describe, I guess.  It takes something to take control of and responsibility for the game, the way that 5e invites me to (the way felt 1e did, too, which is no small part of it, /and/ why I like it).While it might involve tedious prep, and I wouldn't /want/ to run 3e again, I could, even on an 'off' day, run a well-prepared 3e adventure and deliver a decent experience fairly consistently.</blockquote>