One of the things I dislike about 5E is the whole idea of a set rate of advancement based on 1-20 in 12 months. With groups like mine that are prone to playing 1-2(average is probably 2) days a week for 6-12 hours each time that rate is boosted to be more like 1-20 in 3-6 months.

I don't like the characters basically going through one long adventure and maxing out. I want dozens of longer adventures and many more small ones in that characters adventuring career.


Since it appears that I will not be using the adventure paths anyway, I might just redo the exp and leveling tables to fit what I want.

In Germany, there's a word for making something worse in an effort to improve it. "Verschlimmbessern". :wink:

I think especially game designers in general are very prone to that, and with D&D, level advancement,
and multiclassing (and planar structures, for the hell of it) are the areas where people tend to go nuts like that.


Personally, what I saw from 5e was that it was fairly beginner-friendly, and not as static as 4e - but also that these were its only real virtues.
I think veterans of the hobby might find themselves fairly underwhelmed, especially when comparing 5e to Pathfinder, or C&C.


I'd like to hear about your games, though. Havard, running Blackmoor? :)