D&D (2024) Why are you still playing D&D?

[Voadam]

I DM D&D 5e now as my system of choice and in the past different editions of D&D and pathfinder.

5e has the most net positives for me, decent PC combat balance, concentration on spells, I like the mix of few skills with ad hoc and simple roll resolution options, bound accuracy, very few save or die, survivability with decent fights, etc. I like fantasy and D&D with room for a lot thrown in.

As a player I like 5e but I am down for most anything, I have played in Vampire the Masquerade, Shadowrun, d20 modern, Mutants & Masterminds, Honey Heist, Kids on Bikes, and three home brew systems in addition to D&D and PF 1e games in the last decade or two.

 

[Deset Gled]

5e is very much the "good enough" edition for me right now.

I could offer critiques. Things could be tweaked. Personally, I'd prefer 3e, A5E, or something just a little bit cruncher. But 5e is easy to learn, has the necessary support, and is what my group prefers. I prefer going along with the 5e flow to the uphill battle of finding the "perfect" game.

 

[TerraDave]

2024 D&D could be better in a few ways, and worse in sooo many more. So many bad ideas out there.

Plus it is easier to find players for.

 

[GrimCo]

One reason i forgot to add. It's easy to house rule things. After a decade of playing and running it, i think i have pretty solid grasp of mechanics so i can tweak it when i need to.

 

[Zardnaar]

I like D&D and don't generally like RPGs with a few exceptions.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Committed to finish our 5e campaign...all the way to level 20.

 

[jdrakeh]

Other: Most local RPGers are resistant to trying anything else. I'm hoping to win some over to Level Up since it's 5e adjacent (but better, IMO).

 

[Ondath]

I voted for Preference and Familiarity. I actually like D&D and its unique stuff compared to other systems - Vancian magic, turn-based combat, levels and all. But also familiarity - I've been running 5e since 2015 so it's easy for me to eyeball stuff for it, and even with OSR the common DNA across all D&D editions means I can familiarise myself with stuff pretty quickly.

 

[Corinnguard]

I voted for Preference and Familiarity. I role-played 2e D&D (along with several non-D&D RPGs) back in college (89' to 93'). I also collected some books from two non-D&D sources back then too (Werewolf: The Apocalypse and TMNT and Other Strangeness). After college, I collected a number of 3e D&D books as well as some 3e-adjacent material (Arcana Unearthed and Arcana Evolved). I tried collecting 4e before dumping it and end up collecting PF1.

Then about 3+ years ago, a friend of mine invited me and another of my close friends into giving 5e a try. I am currently playing through my second 5e adventure, Tyranny of Dragons with my friends. I have also been a backer for several Level Up and several 5e 3pp books (Caliya's Chronicle of Runes, Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms and the Book of Spirits: An Ethereal Supplement to 5e).

If I could choose a third option from the list above, it would be Belonging for being a member of the D&D community and EN World for almost 4 years.

 

[Edgar Ironpelt]

"What is this 'Fifth Edition' of which you speak?"

I still run a D&D game because the RPG Police haven't shown up to seize my 3.5e stuff, because I could find players, and because I managed to start a long-running "Brotherhood of Rangers" campaign under 3.5e that has caught fire with the players.

A quirk that might help or hurt is distance; we only get together for a long session once or twice a year. (And no, an on-line 'virtual' table top is not an option. I'm an old rebel against the Old School in many ways, but I'm still enough of a grognard to insist on in-person play with an actual physical table-top and actual physical dice.)