Do you want/are you ready for a D&D 5th edition?

[an_idol_mind]

Do I need or want a 5th edition of D&D? Not really, since I'm perfectly happy playing Pathfinder and would be unlikely to switch back even if D&D became more similar to my game of choice.

At the moment, I am not a WotC customer, and I feel that it would be best for WotC to focus on making D&D more enjoyable for those who currently do buy into the system. I'd rather see a good D&D game AND a good Pathfinder game, rather than see WotC and Paizo fight over the same crowd of customers.

That said, if WotC is looking to bring back fans like me who no longer play their game, they would need to do it in a new edition, since 4th edition just isn't my thing. A new edition would get me to glance at the core books, which would probably up my chances of returning to D&D from 0% to about 10%.

 

[billd91]

Depends. It would have to scratch my D&D itch better than PF does and I don't see that as particularly likely given the way 4e went. I just don't see them ditching enough of the 4e design to make it worth my while.

 

[Stormonu]

Wasn't one of the design goals of 4E to make it "edition proof" (or at least .5 edition proof)? The idea being they could just print new stuff that was better than the old stuff without having to give it a whole new .X iteration? The old stuff would still be usable, but just fall out of favor because it wasn't "as good" as the new stuff?

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I voted no for several reasons.

For one I thing in my current campaigns, I feel like there is still a lot left to do. I feel like by the time 4e came along I'd played much more of 3rd than I have played 4e.

Also as a small publisher I enjoy creating for 4e. I'm worried that they would completely abandon any form of third party license.

 

[RangerWickett]

I'm all for it. I liked 3e, but it needed revisions. 4e didn't do it the way I wanted, but I like it too. If they do new revisions, maybe I'll like it more, or maybe someone will come up with 'Fourthfinder' that tweaks what I already like and fix the stuff I don't like.

I'll be a little sad if it happens before ZEITGEIST is finished, though, because switching rulesets in the middle of writing a campaign is a pain.

 

[Crazy Jerome]

I buy new systems on my calendar, not necessarily on their release dates. So if a 5E was released, and it was sufficiently different from what I already have to make it a good addition to my collection, and the buzz was such that it appeared our group might play it--then I'll buy it eventually.

I don't anticipate starting with a new system in the next year, and possibly not the year after. If I do, it might be a homebrew. Or the group might switch to a Runequest, Fantasy Hero, or Burning Wheel campaign. So it comes out in 2014 or 2015, I might be ready to put it on the short list of things we might play, and if it makes that list, I might buy 10-12 books or so. Otherwise, I'll get the first 4-6 and stop there.

I'm not really much of a customer for anyone right now, unless a company knocks my socks off.

 

[Wiseblood]

I went with yes. Really though, I do not care.

 

[darjr]

I'll give it a try. they'll have to knock my socks off, because I really like what I'm playing now.

 

[korjik]

I think it is past time for an editioning, if only to return the Players Handbook to being the handbook for players.

I think that the ruleset has gotten way to confused, with Essentials semi-obsoleting the pre-Essentials stuff, and DDI changing quite a few of the rules that dont appear in a book.

 

[S'mon]

Definitely no. I don't have the physical space for another edition's worth of books!