Reply To: 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragonsn Thread

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Looks like my sort of thing, so here goes 🙂

Role: Dungeon Master (player in other RPG games)

Playing since: Playing RPGs since 1991.

Location: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Campaigns: Too many to recount, mostly custom ones which are a lot of work but ultimately more fun!

Playtime: Almost weekly for last 18 years – usually only a couple of hours a session

Number of players: Five

Last D&D Product Bought: D5E Ranger Spell Cards

Next to buy: Possibly D&D Spellbook Cards Monster Deck 6-16 (74 cards) or Volo’s Guide to Monsters

Other: We are enjoying 5E, a very relaxed and streamlined ruleset. Love the straight forward advantage/disadvantage ruleset, dislike the low magic setting which makes magic item values difficult to define but we work around it. Our current campaign is set in Golarion (Pathfinder setting). We have enjoyed the D5E mechanics so much one of the group has run a few small alternate custom RPG systems based off it for his own Viking and post apocalyptic settings.

I love 5E, and although I still participate now and then in a friends 3.5 campaign, and I used to love the Pathfinder ruleset, I doubt we will divert from 5E for a long time. A great D&D ruleset for any gaming group, despite being relatively simplistic. For those looking at something similar to 3.5 or Pathfinder, it may however feel too light on customization for player characters. For those with a bit of nostalgia for the early D&D releases, it may be just the ticket.

As an aside I am hanging out for Pathfinder 2.0 for a more crunchy ruleset as sometimes you just want all the flavours in a power tripping basket! 😀