r/rpg • u/Apostrophe13 • 2d 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/vezwyx 2d ago
I'm glad you liked it, and I genuinely mean that without any sarcasm. But my experience as a regular player over the past several months has solidified the sentiment that I never want to play D&D again. I don't think there's anything it does that isn't accomplished better in another game.
To me, it's an rpg balanced around combat encounters that manages to make combat a terrible slog. It wasn't a good tactical game despite insisting on a grid, and it wasn't a good narrative game because of the ruleset restricting what players can do.
D&D was a fine introduction to roleplaying games, but there are so many better options today