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    \$\begingroup\$ While I like the idea honestly, I think DnD is on the easier side of systems. Compared to Shadowrun or The Dark Eye (probably not known outside of Germany?) it's really not overly complex. I feel like you can play DnD quite simplistic and add more advanced features like combat maneuvers, skill usage, saves and so on over time. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 24, 2018 at 19:14
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    \$\begingroup\$ Also we kinda already learned a lot about the system, I don't think I can convince them at this point to... just start over with something completely different. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 24, 2018 at 19:18
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    \$\begingroup\$ Moving from a system one person knows to a system that nobody knows doesn't seem like a positive step, however easy the system is to learn. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 24, 2018 at 23:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Ben DnD5E is surely on the easy-medium side of the game systems. Wouldn't say easiest system ever as there are RPGs made to start playing within 20 minutes of reading, but yeah. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 3:44
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    \$\begingroup\$ Learning a system as simple as Fate, in my experience, is less of an obstacle for learning common GM skills than someone having difficulty with the mechanics of a given system. Your issue, as I understand it, is with common GM skills, which playing a few sessions of Fate would fix. If you're dead set against learning a new system, the next best thing is to, as you said, simply play a rules-light version of 5E until the DM gets enough of a bearing to introduce more rules. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 16:58