Or - OR - I play another game that doesn't force us to disregard the rules and make up shit because the base game lacks substance. "Just be more creative" means nothing when there is nothing in the game that actually supports that creativity.
You freeformers are the cancer that killed D&D.
>the best WOTC edition
triple kek
5e is a cup. It seems empty, but it's that emptiness that gives it value. It gives you all the tools you actually need to be creative. Simply because the game doesn't tell you *how* to be creative does not mean it "lacks substance".
At this point you must be trolling, because nobody could be actually this stupid.
Funny thing is, the cup itself has no flavour.
Thus, the game is bland.
I like 5e mechanically but all of the Adventure Paths (aka bloated modules) have been as boring as they could possibly be. Your options are to fight generic cultists in the Forgettable Realms which is literally the world's most bland fantasy setting, or play a tired re-tread of Castle Gothic-stereotypes. Plus I hate the MTG-esque artwork and the kid-friendly Hasbro influence that the whole thing reeks of.
Well, 4e combat was fun. Whether or not it was like an MMO, I don't really care. I always thought of it more as like FFT, which is a fun game.
5e combat went with theater of the mind, which is nice and all, but then forgot to add any interesting props for the actors. Bascially, all the classes are boring, and combat tends to devolve into DPR races, unless the DM puts in significantly more work than he would have to do in any other system.
>5e combat went with theater of the mind
What, you don't use map/grid/token/miniatures in your group? Well that's fucked.
Tfw I'm the only one who likes D&D in my town in poor ass eastern europe so i have no one to play with except my one friend. The rest are in warhammer fantasy circlejerk that hates other systems.
5e doesn't make any outright assumptions about whether you're running with or without a grid, but given that absolutely everything is measured in increments of 5 feet, it still definitely supports using maps and minis.
I will say that I agree with those who argue that WotC seems to be avoiding any kind of risks and playing it safe with everything they've released for 5e so far.
You can totally use 5e with a grid. But it also has less support for it than 4e did, which required grid work.
Making the grid optional for all abilities in 5e meant they had to tone down abilities that would use grids and positioning in clever and creative ways.