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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5824711"><p>This is addressed by the DM deciding what is or isn't going to fly in their campaign setting. If a game doesn't have a "everyone meet up and decide how we're going to work this" stage, then either they are choosing to allow everything, or they're going to have problems when people start saying "hey wait I didn't want to allow that."</p><p></p><p>D&D may be a specific game, but it is far from a specific system. There is a framework to be sure, but that framework is very flexible and can easily be built upon. The massive differences between 1e and 4e, from table to table are a perfect example of how while the baseline system is often the same, the games themselves can have radically different features to them. Both because of at-the-table rulings and how Wizards designed that particular edition.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Certainly a "wait and see" approach is justified, but then, that's the approach many have taken towards every edition, towards every game. Wizards may fail, in which case you are under no obligation to play the game, they may succeed, in which case the same applies. As you said yourself, there are many games out there, if D&D does not satisfy you in it's current incarnation, there are alternatives. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I have been part of many betas for video games. Developers love to talk the talk and promise the moon, but when it comes down to it they rarely deliver on these things. However, often times they achieve a great deal in their ideal direction.</p><p></p><p>5e may not strike the perfect balance of modularity to bridge the gaps between editions. But it may go a long way towards unifying them, even if it does not achieve unification(which honestly, is more a player issue than an edition issue).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 5824711"] This is addressed by the DM deciding what is or isn't going to fly in their campaign setting. If a game doesn't have a "everyone meet up and decide how we're going to work this" stage, then either they are choosing to allow everything, or they're going to have problems when people start saying "hey wait I didn't want to allow that." D&D may be a specific game, but it is far from a specific system. There is a framework to be sure, but that framework is very flexible and can easily be built upon. The massive differences between 1e and 4e, from table to table are a perfect example of how while the baseline system is often the same, the games themselves can have radically different features to them. Both because of at-the-table rulings and how Wizards designed that particular edition. Certainly a "wait and see" approach is justified, but then, that's the approach many have taken towards every edition, towards every game. Wizards may fail, in which case you are under no obligation to play the game, they may succeed, in which case the same applies. As you said yourself, there are many games out there, if D&D does not satisfy you in it's current incarnation, there are alternatives. I have been part of many betas for video games. Developers love to talk the talk and promise the moon, but when it comes down to it they rarely deliver on these things. However, often times they achieve a great deal in their ideal direction. 5e may not strike the perfect balance of modularity to bridge the gaps between editions. But it may go a long way towards unifying them, even if it does not achieve unification(which honestly, is more a player issue than an edition issue). [/QUOTE]
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