XPost: campaignwiki.talk, rec.games.frp.misc   
   From: justisaur@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/29/2025 12:16 PM, Gottfried Neuner wrote:   
   > On 12/29/2025 4:46 PM, Justisaur wrote:   
   >> I played to 13th level as a tempest cleric in 5e in my friend's game   
   >> on roll20, 2 hours a week.  I don't remember how many sessions.   
   >>   
   >> At least it's converted 1e/basic modules.  The Lost City, When a Star   
   >> Falls, Beyond the Crystal Cave, Pharoah, The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth   
   >   
   > Hmm. I have the feeling that never is really that good a shift either. I   
   > think 5e is fundamentally a different game than what these modules were   
   > written for.   
   > I don't care for the actual playstyle 5e has going, but I think it works   
   > the best if you don't try to force 1e stuff into that.   
   >   
   > Of course in your case that would mean not playing any of that stuff at   
   > all, so it's not like there's a choice there.   
      
   I play it more to virtually hang out with a couple friends and their   
   kids and kids friends.  I don't like 5e, but it's what most people want   
   to play.  When I had run it in it's early days I had pretty good results   
   with some old modules.  Zenopus (but that's always good) and C3 Lost   
   Isle of Castanamir which was actually better than when I ran it in   
   1e/2e.  B2 I ran in 5e was meh, but that's always been hit or miss.   
      
   Unfortunately I find most of the modules written for 5e not very good   
   (either playing or running) I did run the playtest Phandelver which was   
   pretty good, though the vampire (and how easy it was in the original not   
   yet 5e game) wasn't great.  I also found the free level 1-5 into to   
   storm king's thunder very good (although extremely deadly in bits.)   
   Good enough I'd consider running that part in old school D&D.   
      
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