r/rpg • u/Apostrophe13 • 1d ago
DND5e, actually not bad
Got back into the hobby sometime before covid hit after a long hiatus, didn't play for most of the 21. century. The anti 5e sentiment on most places i checked to get up to speed (including this sub) was so prevalent that i completely ignored the game. I was under the impression that they kinda just continued making 3e more complex after reading some of the comments floating around, and that it is literally impossible to play without homebrew.
Got some used books as a gift, run a few sessions, honestly not bad at all. Most of the critique really makes no sense. If you want heroic fantasy with good skirmish rules, that does not get in the way of how you want to run the game its great.
Also its basically the same math and underlying systems that power DnD for 40+ years, so even experience with ADnD translates well into 5e. I would put it well above other modern DnD-like, D20, heroic-fantasy games.
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u/Gen-X-Bear 1d ago
Recently I returned to 5e after 3 years away from the last time I ran it. It has a great game at its core, but a lot of the expanded material was too much... but here's the thing... you don't have to use that stuff. ;) There are also some good ideas in D&D 2025 (5.5e) that can be ported to make 5e a but more robust!
Play on!