Reply To: Dungeons and Dragons – where to begin

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The pathfinder starterset is pretty nifty too (standees for lots of monsters are included), but it is a bit more D&D v3.5-ish and definitely more combat oriented.
They do hide a lot of the maths for the beginners with their pre-generated characters.
It does make me want to track down the 5e starter, just to see how it compares.

I think the best thing to learn is the mantra ‘rulings over rules’.
It’s the one lesson that the vast majority of books fail to teach, because they want you to buy stuff with more rules …