Which I totally understand. But, it doesn’t make him likeable to me.

It’s like in the MCU Spiderman movies, how it shows Flash’s parents don’t really care about him and implies that’s why he’s a bully. Like sure, that is awful for him. But it doesn’t make him not a bully anymore, you know?

And I also don’t judge other people that do like him, to each their own. Just for me, his entire personality and character is like nails on a chalkboard.

All I ever got from him was super rapey vibes. Nothing charming about that slimeball from my perspective.

And he feigns elegance, but it never struck me as authentic. Just a manipulation technique.

No matter how strong he is, I can never get over how insufferable his personality and voice are

You may be confused with “That time I got reincarnated as a slime”. “I’ve been killing slimes for 300 years and accidentally maxed out my level” is fairly different

There are certain timed events where a long rest can change the outcome, so in those cases it’s very helpful to be able to prepare if you encounter a situation that you’re not ready for.

I had the complete opposite experience, yes his VA does an incredible job, but I can’t stand the character himself, personally.

Dungeons and Dragons is very old now. When they release a mechanics update, they change the edition. 5e is the current edition of D&D. 4e was the previous edition, 3.5e before that, etc.

The older versions are generally more complex than 5e as it’s designed to be a bit more streamlined and accessible, but the old versions aren’t strictly harder in terms of difficulty, more just mechanic complexity.