@Rei Ann: I vaguely remember seeing commercials about that a few weeks ago. That's exciting! Man, all this disney talk makes me really want to go back lol
@bonnie: honestly, I think that's ok. I think the official rules are more guidelines for helping dms run their campaigns, and give stats and schematics for monsters and stuff more than actual rules. I love role play heavy sessions, because it makes things really interesting and fun for everyone because it's a bit more immersive if you ask me.
Our current party consists of a half orc druid, a trifling wizard, a halfling bard (that refuses to seduce and definitely acts like a rogue sometimes), a were rabbit thing that my husband plays, a aasimar monk, and my wood elf ranger. We're going through the curse of strand campaign, and it's pretty neat. It's a horror campaign, so there's vampires and such in it, but our dm does a fantastic job at incorporating our character backstories into the campaign, which is nice. The half orc and the aasimar are our biggest role players.