Oh, yes, I think theybwill keep developing the game. But I don't think they will ever overhaul the system on a fundamental level again. A 5E base is probably just...D&D. For any foreseeable future. It just doesn't make sense in brand terms to overhaul it and risk alienating anyone.
Yeah, D&D doesn't need to be daring, it needs to stay consistent and sell t-shirts and media tie-ins. It's just not where the game is going. Experimentation is the realm of the small publisher.Dont take it bad, but I sooooo wish you are wrong!
Like I said, those rules were nice and all, but in terms of...daringness...it makes my own homebrew stuff looks like it was taken from the feverish dreams of Monte Cook on crack!
I mean...I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball, so I can't say that they won't fundamentally change the game in the future. But Tasha's Cauldron of Everything was not a fundamental overhaul of the 5th Edition game. It was some optional rules that the DM could adopt (and they were clearly labeled as such.)
Same, I'm heavily invested and as you said, gaining steam. My kids have really taken to it. I was thinking the same, if it's a new edition I was gonna pass.
Exactly! I think that any future change will be of a similar type and level, no greater. As long as the game is in print, basically. Risks will be more along the lines of a daringly themed product like Spelljammer, or Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel...not rules.
This, right here, is why they won't make any fundamental changes: the game as it exists is good for new players, and keeping older players in the loop is good for the long term health of the game...particularly parents with kids who will be picking up the game.
