Wandering Adventure Party

If I see anything that seems like it might be up your alley/well suited to kiddo introduction, I'll send it your way!

Oh no, not communities, I mean in the books, like the PHB and DM guide. Like I'm Jewish and there's an incredible amount of antisemitism in those things, nevermind the sexism. That's why I mentioned it, because even if you only ever played at home, if you're using DnD books, it will come up, so it's better to know and anticipate it than be surprised later, right? Some of the communities are shitty, but that happens - I've also found some good ones.

Critical Role has some videos on YT about it if you want to see what it's like before you commit! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6bV2K5eoJgk Here's one of them, but there are more

I think you may find that adapting to new DND is just as much trouble as a new system. It's still d20 based, but a lot has changed!

Honestly, my DnD table is about to switch full time to Daggerheart.

One thing I would point out in this discussion is that DnD has a streak of bigotry that makes it really uncomfortable for anyone who experiences irl marginalization. I'm noting that your kiddo uses she/her pronouns, or that you are using those for her. There are some modules that are better than others, but so much of the bigotry is baked in. That's not to say 'don't do it,' but it is to say that your kiddo may notice things you didn't/don't notice.

Daggerheart is a newer system that is a little more approachable, it's easy to pick up but still has a lot of the charm that makes DnD good. It was made by the people who make Critical Role and there's a lot of love and heart in it. But if you still want to do DnD, specifically, 2024 isn't bad, but it's less backwards-compatible with the wide range of content people have made for 5e. It does fix some pretty glaring issues, and it makes the ramp-up easier, but there's a lot of interesting stuff that hasn't been adapted to it yet.