very fair question! tbh i’m mostly locked into it just because we’ve already started the campaign and porting it over would be too disruptive (especially with a bunch of new players who are already overwhelmed). i’d also say that, while i’m critical of 5e i’m not a huge 5e hater: it’s a fine enough system and it’s familiar to me, and modular enough that i can massage it to my liking (my players are pretty open minded and not attached to the default high fantasy flavor).

i like the medium-complexity of 5e and the relatively modular nature of it, so if i were to start another campaign in this world that’s less married to a certain high fantasy flavor/less strictly combat focused i’d maybe run it in Cypher? seems similar-but-different (and way more flexible) enough that i could probably vibe with it.