Some Similarities to TOR in 5E D&D

[Yepesnopes]

I want to say that besides my comment I also entered this hobby thanks to D&D, as many others have done (and are doing). Only for that, I have eternal gratitude for D&D, being it a good RPG or not.

[Otaku-sempai]

I want to say that besides my comment I also entered this hobby thanks to D&D, as many others have done (and are doing). Only for that, I have eternal gratitude for D&D, being it a good RPG or not.

My first rpg was AD&D (First Edition) during my first tour in the Air Force in the early 1980s. My very first character was an 8th-level human cleric named Seth in a campaign that was already in progress.

My wife Tayna GMs our current AD&D (2nd Ed.) campaign which uses the Skills & Powers rules.

[Terisonen]

My first playing in RPG was MERP... I have not really leave Middle-Earth since.

[Falenthal]

My first playing in RPG was MERP... I have not really leave Middle-Earth since.

+1

...or, in MERP terms, +5.

[Terisonen]

I'm not playing MERP (or Rolemaster) any more, but I will play in ME with other system

[Glorelendil]

Wanted to add that I've been dutifully buying all the new D&D 5e stuff (after totally skipping 3rd and 4th editions) and there's one glaring difference I notice: TOR adventure supplements read like good fiction, D&D supplements (especially the adventures) do not. I sit down to try to just "read" the D&D stuff, and only get a few paragraphs in before I start skipping pages. In about 3 minutes I'm in the appendices, reading about new magic items.

Anybody else notice the same thing?

[zedturtle]

The adventure in the Starter Set was well-received (I haven't read it it yet, since technically I'm a player in a on-again, off-again group). But everything else has received... mixed reviews.

[Glorelendil]

I know this is a thread about similarities, not differences, but here's another one: I made the mistake of going to the D&D forums, where I ended up reading some guy's guide to playing Wizards, in which he described the various "roles" including...

The Waste of Space is the guy who thought that a low Charisma Warlock made an excellent "character concept", or maybe he figures that a dedicated healer is an appropriate contributor to a combat environment, I could go on, but you know who I mean, there is probably one in your current group. If there isn't...well...maybe there is...*cough* *cough*...ahem.

His whole guide was of this tenor (i.e. obnoxious, smug, etc.) but this was the money quote. Can you imagine sitting down at a table with this guy and rolling dice? Ok, ok, this was my attitude when I was raiding in WoW 6 nights a week, but that's a competitive video game.

I am immensely grateful to have discovered TOR and the type of people who play it.

[Majestic]

I haven't picked up any of the adventures yet (just skimmed through them at the bookstore), but I have been reading through the three core books a bit, and the writing there has been fine (even enjoyable).

One other similarity I've noticed today: for each of the Classes they give you hooks as to why your character might choose to take up the mantle of being an adventurer. Not sure if that's something D&D's always had or not.

[Majestic]

Oh, and another one I noticed today - in the entries for each race they have a little box with what that culture thinks of the other cultures, from their race's perspective (so for Humans, it will say what they think of Elves and Dwarves, for instance). Very similar to the entries for Beorn, King Bard, etc. in the TOR rules.