Option #3:
"Thanks for inviting me, but I don't think I'm a good fit for this table right now." Be honest, but be gracious. Next time that DM runs a table that is more your speed, you'll be invited back.
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Option #2:
Turn to Daggerheart for this excellent advice: "Hold On Gently." Use your character concept, but be prepared to change, adapt, or pivot so they flow along with the fiction. (This is what I'm doing in our current Blades in the Dark game.)
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Option #1:
Accept the character concept won't work here. They go back on the shelf, and you roll up a new character that *will* work. That other concept will still be there later, when another game comes along, where they can shine appropriately.
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5e isn't a screwdriver that people are stubbornly trying to hammer nails with. It's a pocket tool with a little hammer, screwdriver, knife, wrench, and magnifying glass inside. For me, a system that does everything well is preferable to a system that does one or two things perfectly.
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I want a system that can go into any tone, any setting, any situation. I don't just want combat/exploration/roleplay. I want to be able to blend these things seamlessly. And I want it all to work with a single group of characters in an unbroken narrative that potentially spans years.
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I'm very lucky to have the game I want to play, and the people I want to play it with. I'm *absurdly* lucky that to have two separate groups. My heart goes out to y'all who don't have that. I hope you find each other, I hope you get a table set up, and I hope you get to roll some dice.
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I love trying new systems both with my softbelly casual group and my shtanky grognard group. But no matter how far afield I travel, I always want to come home to 5e. It's my favorite, and I don't see that changing. It does what I want and it does it better than anything else.
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My online group takes our gaming much more seriously. These are the games I stream each Sunday. Primarily 5e, but we did Household a while back, and are currently trying Blades in the Dark. We dabbled in Daggerheart character creation but haven't gotten to play yet.
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