I don't think there's any actual reason to think the 2024 new core books will be anything but 5E as we know it while incorporating new stuff from the past few years and enhancing aspects of play that surveys suggest need enhancing. Expect a lot of surveys in the next year or so. In all the discussions I've seen and heard, there's no indication of any market-based reason for WOTC to move away from the incredible and continuing success of 5E.
Level Up is 5E now, as far as I'm concerned.
I know my DM is picking up LevelUp, but in general it is to much crunch for me. But I know there are many who like that stuff
It's not really crunch -- it's just choices. There's nothing in there any more complicated than core 5E, and plenty of streamlining.
As Morrus says, it's options, and generally limited ones at most, like when you reach a new level and have to pick between two or three options. Most importantly, it's not math. Except for adding the result of an expertise die to the d20 roll and counting exertion points, that is.
How do they handle a new D&D book? It’s no more complex than applying Bobbington’s Brazier of Everythingneiss.
probably yes. I have one or two players who think "crunch" is a bad word. Ironically they have individually complained about problems caused by 5e's simplicity & have never played any other system so just go on what they've heard
Now, I dunno if its that simple, but you also gotta come at it from the view point of people who have never played anything other than O5e and if it's not 'official d&d' they get skiddish.
Ah, well, branding-based ideology I’m helpless against.
