Just because I am rude and I want to be first. It is currently 8:39 EST and WotC is about to announce a new version of D&D. Give or take 2 hours from now. Am I psychic?
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Just because I am rude and I want to be first. It is currently 8:39 EST and WotC is about to announce a new version of D&D. Give or take 2 hours from now. Am I psychic?
Looks like I am not the only psychic in the world today https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/a...ers-input.html
No surprise there. As soon as Book of Vile Darkness gets put out, a new edition is on it's way. LOL
Here it is, the announcement:
https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article....d/4ll/20120109
Does it need another edition?
Not played D&D since 2nd so I would not know
What I mean is 3rd edition and 4th edition just seemed to split people over which version to play I would have thought the last thing they should do is shatter it further?
Hmm. Not sure how I feel about this.
I have been a loyal D&D fan since the very beginning however this is beginning to grate on my nerves a bit. It seems we are destined to have a revised edition every few years. Only seems like yesterday 4E was announced.
I have to say, it will take a lot to convince me to re-invest in 5E, the content quality and control of data revisions will have to be addressed before I spend any more time and money on WotC products. Having said that I would like to see a return to RPG rather than another iteration further towards a miniatures based battle game. If thats the case, I maybe more willing to consider the move.
I also hope they get the digital strategy right this time and are more open to allowing 3rd parties to support 5E. Smiteworks for one. ;)
I thought *exactly* the same thing. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kalmarjan
This is a good question. I believe that 4E fragmented the D&D market. It is my believe/speculation that 5E is *suppose* to unfragment the market. I personally think it is real rough to put Humpty Dumpty back together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doswelk
I think they will basically do a core rules - roll a d20 and you want high, roll other dice and you want high also - and then do a bunch of optional rules similar to the old Unearth Arcana to hang off the core so you can have either something that is close to 4E or 3.x. Basically mix and matching the features you want in your campaign game.
I cannot see how the pathfinder/3.5e fans and the 4e fans can be appeased, the whole game design was markedly different.
I was still playing Savage Worlds when 4e came out I got the books read it and thought there's nothing here to make me want to play D&D again.
It will be interesting to see how they try to repair things.
Yeah, a level 1-20 v3.5 campaign send me scurrying for Savage (or something to bring the pace and fun back into the game). Loved low-level 3.5e, but as soon as multi-attack, full-round actions came in, it became much less fun. Oh, and the whole multi-class prestige thing led to PCs becoming an irritating grab bag of misc. powers.
I understand that 4E was supposed to overcome that issue (and the issue of too many +2 / -2 modifiers - although Fantasy Grounds conquered that issue for me somewhat too) but made the game a lot more wargame / MMO like with the "1/day powers" and special combat manoeuvres (disclaimer : I have no idea what I'm talking about here)
I also understand people sticking with 2E - I loved that game, and despite the limitations of class levelling (once a mage, always a mage) don't recall that being a huge drag. In fact I understand a lot of 2E die-hards have stuck with it or gone onto games that embody it's spirit, such as C&C or Labyrinth Lord (disclaimer : I still no idea what I'm talking about)
I can't help but think "5E" is going to fragment the D&D crowd further, which works well for me, as I can try and convert more players to my systems - SW and Runequest often being my poison's of choice these days.
But the idea that 5E might somehow "bring the people together" reminds me of this gem from XKCD :
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png