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<blockquote data-quote="Aribar" data-source="post: 6634652" data-attributes="member: 6777974">I prefer to say I'm disappointed in 5E, not that I hate it. It doesn't do anything particularly well, but it isn't outright bad anywhere either and does have a few neat ideas.I liked a lot of playtest stuff more than what we got (martials were a lot more fun, monks were neater, sorcerers had tons of flavor, etc.). Monster creation rules are odd, way too wordy, and combat is way too rocket-taggy for my tastes. The whole &quot;naturalistic language&quot; and &quot;DM-fills-in-for-the-game-designers&quot; rules really rub me the wrong way, especially when other games like Fate and Dungeon Worlds do a better job at creating the atmosphere those decisions were meant to invoke. Resource management and pacing also feels very awkward and the &quot;15 minute workday&quot; has returned since classes are on different schedules and there are a lot of bad balance decisions (Champion's worthless compared to Battle Master, Eldritch Fighter's got nothing on Bards, Beastmaster Rangers, Elemental Monks, etc.). Anything I can do in 5E, I can do better in Basic, 3.5E, or 4E. :/</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aribar, post: 6634652, member: 6777974"] I prefer to say I'm disappointed in 5E, not that I hate it. It doesn't do anything particularly well, but it isn't outright bad anywhere either and does have a few neat ideas. I liked a lot of playtest stuff more than what we got (martials were a lot more fun, monks were neater, sorcerers had tons of flavor, etc.). Monster creation rules are odd, way too wordy, and combat is way too rocket-taggy for my tastes. The whole "naturalistic language" and "DM-fills-in-for-the-game-designers" rules really rub me the wrong way, especially when other games like Fate and Dungeon Worlds do a better job at creating the atmosphere those decisions were meant to invoke. Resource management and pacing also feels very awkward and the "15 minute workday" has returned since classes are on different schedules and there are a lot of bad balance decisions (Champion's worthless compared to Battle Master, Eldritch Fighter's got nothing on Bards, Beastmaster Rangers, Elemental Monks, etc.). Anything I can do in 5E, I can do better in Basic, 3.5E, or 4E. :/ [/QUOTE]

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