D&D 5E How about 5d20?

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

I just generally called games by their name. If publishers want to denote that it's a 5e system, then they will just keep doing that. It's not like D&D is stopping being 5e.

The point is to have a name for a system of games that use the 5e SRD, but are not WotC D&D. I personally find it useful to talk about a type of game (like OSR) that is based on 5e (and not D&D) and not have to reference every game system under that umbrella.

 

[mamba]

5e+? I like it because it obviously refers back to 5e, which afaik has no trademark (which is why every 3pp is using it instead) and the ‘+’ both for it being a bigger market and implying better

 

[el-remmen]

I was really hoping that this thread was gonna be about uses for the range of numbers created by rolling 5d20.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I was really hoping that this thread was gonna be about uses for the range of numbers created by rolling 5d20.

Yeah, if I see 5d20 or d50, I expect to be playing a game that uses five d20s or a d50.

 

[payn]

Dee Fiddy.

 

[Shardstone]

I like like d5R, for the 5th Renaissance but im p sure that name will never take on lol

 

[ninjayeti]

I would argue the name is about more than just the games themselves. As the threads cited in the OP demonstrate, many people are approaching 5E with the attitude that the game belongs to us, and that we are not beholden to any one company to play the game we love.

So I would propose "Alternative 5E" (Alt5E). It would suggest that these games are an alternative to Hasbro-5E, but also the attitude of the community that we have alternatives to what Hasbro is serving up.

 

[Shardstone]

I would argue the name is about more than just the games themselves. As the threads cited in the OP demonstrate, many people are approaching 5E with the attitude that the game belongs to us, and that we are not beholden to any one company to play the game we love.

So I would propose "Alternative 5E" (Alt5E). It would suggest that these games are an alternative to Hasbro-5E, but also the attitude of the community that we have alternatives to what Hasbro is serving up.

Alt5

 

[Shardstone]

5CC for 5th Ed Creative Commons to highlight the license.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Open 5e Ressource (O5R)

Open Game 2014 (OG'14)

Dungeoneer Licen5e (DL5)