starts tap dancing SO, you’re not missing anything Paul Beakley, IMHO.

I would chose to run Symbaroum instead of D&D because the XP cycle is more to my liking than D&Ds. That’s a big deal to me. I’ve ranted on this before tl;dr: I don’t want to be the decider about when folks ‘level up’.
That right there turns me cold. I’ve become spoiled by DW, BW where the players are responsible for their characters advancement. I also don’t like to drift games.

I’m running D&D now and gnash my teeth when I prep because I already know the outcome. I’ve made some compromises to make it go down easier. I adopted AGEs method for awarding Xp. Symbaroum will be the game I counter-offer D&D with…if I’m DM.

And I’ll happily buy your copy Paul!