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[โ€“] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I felt aggressively bored when reading the comments about the playtest.

Did they improve DM support? Make CR actually work? Is combat more dynamic and faster-paced? Is character creation still a pain in the ass? Did they flesh out non-combat? Do player abilities still tend to solve problems by just turning off parts of the game? Is there a clear vision for what this even is?

Oh look, it's mostly balance changes to the classes.

I'm not saying they didn't make some changes to fix my issues. I wouldn't know either way, since I can't be bothered to check, since the core audience sure did make it seem like its mostly balance changes to the classes.

[โ€“] ReCursing@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

Did they improve DM support? Make CR actually work? Is combat more dynamic and faster-paced? Is character creation still a pain in the ass? Did they flesh out non-combat? Do player abilities still tend to solve problems by just turning off parts of the game? Is there a clear vision for what this even is?

I'm not an expert but:

  • No
  • No
  • No (though it is faster than 3.x or 4th, mostly because you don't have any options)
  • At least there are options now. Still nothing significant past character creation, of course
  • No
  • Probably. Either that or hitting it with an axe
  • Yeah it's a love letter to second ed, with bits of third mixed in to keep angry internet nerds who never played anything else happy

I don't think 5th is the worst edition of d&d (controversially I think that's 3.x), but it is the most nothing edition. The best editions are of course 13th Age and Pathfinder 2e