D&D 5E Question regarding potential revised edition of core rulebooks

[Thieran]

(Sorry if this has been asked before - I could not find any info on this, though.)

I am finally going to buy the 5E core rulebooks, and I am hesitating slightly only because I want to avoid that a revised edition will be published later this year... Have there been any hints, rumours or announcements about this which I missed, or is it fairly 'safe' to buy the books now? My understanding of WotC's 5E policy is that there will be no revised edition in any case but I could be wrong and wanted to double-check.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!

 

[pukunui]

It is unlikely that WotC will come out with a revised edition of 5e any time soon. You should be safe to buy the core books now.

 

[TallIan]

There is an errata, but there are no significant changes. Mostly the errata just clears stuff up, so you should be safe

 

[jaelis]

Also the errata has been incorporated into later printings. So you'll be getting that anyway.

 

[TallIan]

I meant there is nothing on the horizon like the change from 3.0 to 3.5 where they had to fix serious flaws in the system.

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[Thieran]

Cool, thanks for the input! I guess I will take my chances then

 

[seebs]

The 3.5 thing was sort of annoying, although I did like the resulting system better. But 5e feels a lot better to begin with.

 

[Oofta]

The 3.5 thing was sort of annoying, although I did like the resulting system better. But 5e feels a lot better to begin with.

I agree. The 3.0 release was effectively the playtest version.

 

[Wepwawet]

Also, all the new playtest subclasses and classes on Unearthed Arcana point to a new rules expansion, a sort of PHB2.

So yeah, I'm sure 5E will stay for a while.

 

[Tony Vargas]

I meant there is nothing on the horizon like the change from 3.0 to 3.5 where they had to fix serious flaws in the system.

3.5 didn't fix serious flaws in the system. It 'fixed a flaw' in the WotC business model by charging full price (as opposed to a loss-leader strategy) for the core books, and flogging revenue out of a shrinking customer base with a rapid pace of releases calculated to appeal to players (since there's more players than DMs). 5e, of course, has reintroduced the flaw of slow releases that appeal to DMs (but kept charging full price). As a result, revenue has risen disastrously.