So I have a friend in a 5e campaign I'm playing in, and the DM is kind of inexperienced. He let my friend use 1st Edition stats, because he's only familiar with 1st edition. So far we are level 5, and my friend is a half-orc cleric/fighter multiclass, which isn't the problem. The problem is his stats are about twice that of the rest of his party. His strength is 31 + 7. His charisma as a half-orc is higher than mine, when I'm the rogue human/face of the party. He is way overpowered, at least IMO. DM has no problem with it and just had him nerf wisdom (which he doesn't use). Am I right to be bothered by this?
Yes, you have every right to be upset about this. Each iteration of D&D is different and not overly comparable without massive adjustments to the systems. You can’t simply plop a 1e character into 5e and expect it to work, and your DM should absolutely have not allowed that in the first place.
Now, perhaps one can excuse a first-time DM mistake, but the DM doubling down on the error and refusing to admit their mistake and make the character roll a 5e character is extremely problematic… especially since D&D Beyond means even a brand new player can figure out how to build something in 5e.
Normally I would suggest talking to the DM first to solve problems, rather than go to other players, but it seems the DM is not willing or able to solve the problem. In this case, you should talk with the other players other than the problematic player and express your concerns to the DM as a unified group. If the DM and other plied still refuse to make changes… that’s a situation where I would advocate leaving the campaign entirely.
So I have a friend in a 5e campaign I'm playing in, and the DM is kind of inexperienced. He let my friend use 1st Edition stats, because he's only familiar with 1st edition. So far we are level 5, and my friend is a half-orc cleric/fighter multiclass, which isn't the problem. The problem is his stats are about twice that of the rest of his party. His strength is 31 + 7. His charisma as a half-orc is higher than mine, when I'm the rogue human/face of the party. He is way overpowered, at least IMO. DM has no problem with it and just had him nerf wisdom (which he doesn't use). Am I right to be bothered by this?
I will note that he's not actually using 1st edition stats (it wasn't even possible to have a stat of 31 in 1st edition); he's just cheating and the DM is letting him do it.
So I have a friend in a 5e campaign I'm playing in, and the DM is kind of inexperienced. He let my friend use 1st Edition stats, because he's only familiar with 1st edition. So far we are level 5, and my friend is a half-orc cleric/fighter multiclass, which isn't the problem. The problem is his stats are about twice that of the rest of his party. His strength is 31 + 7. His charisma as a half-orc is higher than mine, when I'm the rogue human/face of the party. He is way overpowered, at least IMO. DM has no problem with it and just had him nerf wisdom (which he doesn't use). Am I right to be bothered by this?
Btw, as a cleric he's learning wizard spells, which the DM doesn't notice.
Yes, you have every right to be upset about this. Each iteration of D&D is different and not overly comparable without massive adjustments to the systems. You can’t simply plop a 1e character into 5e and expect it to work, and your DM should absolutely have not allowed that in the first place.
Now, perhaps one can excuse a first-time DM mistake, but the DM doubling down on the error and refusing to admit their mistake and make the character roll a 5e character is extremely problematic… especially since D&D Beyond means even a brand new player can figure out how to build something in 5e.
Normally I would suggest talking to the DM first to solve problems, rather than go to other players, but it seems the DM is not willing or able to solve the problem. In this case, you should talk with the other players other than the problematic player and express your concerns to the DM as a unified group. If the DM and other plied still refuse to make changes… that’s a situation where I would advocate leaving the campaign entirely.
I will note that he's not actually using 1st edition stats (it wasn't even possible to have a stat of 31 in 1st edition); he's just cheating and the DM is letting him do it.
Thank you, I've been wondering about this for about 5 days, and so far the DM is taking my friend's side.