D&D 5E (2014) 6 months without a UA

[Mind of tempest]

apparently, we have not had an unearthed arcane for 6 months anyone got thoughts on why as I always liked getting a new UA?

 

[AnotherGuy]

apparently, we have not had an unearthed arcane for 6 months anyone got thoughts on why as I always liked getting a new UA?

I'm guessing they may be working on the updated 5e to be released in 2024.
There is a lot of creative content with Level Up and the DMs Guild. Is Wizards allowed to poach ideas?

 

[Lyxen]

I'm guessing they may be working on the updated 5e to be released in 2024.
There is a lot of creative content with Level Up and the DMs Guild. Is Wizards allowed to poach ideas?

Turnabout is fair play...

 

[Oofta]

I suspect they're regrouping and trying to decide what the anniversary edition will even look like and how much they change. They have to be careful because this edition continues to sell well and they don't want to screw it up. They have a lot of feedback and current content to review.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing private playtests and reviews, just being hush-hush about it.

 

[Willie the Duck]

I'm guessing they may be working on the updated 5e to be released in 2024.

That's probably it. They have a design spec for this and are working on it. I wonder if that means that mechanically they have a vision and are going ahead with it and don't want to deviate. If so, it highlights a real conundrum -- changing course mid-stream is dangerous for any project, yet at the same time if there's that much lead time (2024!), then the people whom you are hoping to please might actually change what they hope to see.

 

[Burnside]

I'm guessing they may be working on the updated 5e to be released in 2024.
There is a lot of creative content with Level Up and the DMs Guild. Is Wizards allowed to poach ideas?

Once you publish something on DMsGuild, WotC can use it if they want to.

 

[Guest 7034872]

I suspect they're regrouping and trying to decide what the anniversary edition will even look like and how much they change. They have to be careful because this edition continues to sell well and they don't want to screw it up. They have a lot of feedback and current content to review.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing private playtests and reviews, just being hush-hush about it.

I think that's right. That's certainly what I would do.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Once you publish something on DMsGuild, WotC can use it if they want to.

That includes artwork as well? (asking because of the Expanded Monster Manuals).

 

[Burnside]

That includes artwork as well? (asking because of the Expanded Monster Manuals).

No. I would have to read the latest ToS, but last time I checked this did NOT apply to artwork and maps, just the writing.

 

[Li Shenron]

I think it's just because the next couple of products didn't need public polls: Monsters of the Multiverse and the Critical Role book.

If you look back at the latest couple of years, UA always contained material which would be published just a few months later, so it was perhaps mostly decided but they were still evaluating whether to cut or adjust some of it. We got many UA about stuff ending up in Tasha, then Fizban, Van Richten's, Witchlight, Strixhaven...

But perhaps MotM technical changes were completely decided internally, and the general trends on aligment and races were talked about on other media. Critical Role material is maybe non-negotiable by the community at large.