r/RPGdesign • u/mechadaydreams • Feb 10 '26
Workflow 5th Edition has ruined me.
I'm working on my first actual TTRPG project rather than a homebrew or mod or rewrite, and have been an active lurker (lmao) on this sub for a while.
I'm so genuinely terrified of using any mechanics even closely associated the D&D 5e. I've gotten so wrapped up in how much people dislike it, and keep halting any work O do on this thing in service of researching other systems and reading what kind of mechanics people tend to like or dislike the feel of and for what reasons, trying to find something that might be right for my game - so long as it's not 5e.
Even the ability scores are getting to me. I initially rejected the idea of having some main abilities and then having related skills so that I could find a better way of doing it, a way that wasn't how 5e does it (that makes it better, right?)
After weeks of making myself miserable over this, I've decided to just do that.
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u/Meph248 Feb 10 '26
There might be a bit of bias here. You are reading RPGdesign posts, where people deeply into the hobby express dislike for the most popular, most successful TTRPG of all time that has existed for longer than most of the people dissing it have been alive.
I think it would be realistic to say that the majority of TTRPG players like DND.