Why does a new player in 2026 have a need to pick a choice that was made 12 years ago, especially when they have multiple subclasses right in their new PHB?Well, that's a hypothetical world. At the moment, plenty of people still buy the hardcover books. (Cue all the folks posting Amazon stats.)
Why do we want a new player in 2026 to not have the ability to pick up a PHB subclass from 2014 without hunting it down on D&D Beyond?
Because some of them, like the Oath of Devotion, are iconic for a reason?Why does a new player in 2026 have a need to pick a choice that was made 12 years ago, especially when they have multiple subclasses right in their new PHB?
I feel confident that WotC is creative enough to express iconic class tropes in more than one way.Because some of them, like the Oath of Devotion, are iconic for a reason?
We know there is one new Subclass, a Bard College of Dance (unless that's a refluff of Swords or something).I feel confident that WotC is creative enough to express iconic class tropes in more than one way.
And like I said, I'm fine with them reusing some. But if the 2024 PHB has all the same subclasses as the 2014 PHB, plus a few standouts from XgtE/TCoE, that's a waste of potential.
It ended up being worth it, though!Well, they got my money for Monsters of the Multiverse, and that offered relatively few updates, so I guess I'm the sucker they are looking for.
To be clear, I'm against this because I don't want to see a cleavage in the community between "old" 5e and "new" 5e. I want the 2024 PHB to simply be "more" 5e, and the best way to do that is to present a book that isn't simply a redux of concepts we already have.We know there is one new Subclass, a Bard College of Dance (unless that's a refluff of Swords or something).
Mostly I'd expect redo of established popular archetypes.