I am struck by the timing of the playtest announcement.
I am very excited to see where One takes us, and I will be following that closely (or so I fully expect). But the initial release of the first playtest package came the same week as the release of Spelljammer and the announcement of five new books, including Planescape. As a result, I find I am a little soured on these new books. I've cancelled my Spelljammer order (FLGS is very understanding, and knows it will sell) and I expect I won't buy any of the new books until the release of the new PHB.
Sure, there will be backwards compatibility, but at the same time there feels like a hard deadline at which the potential for obsolesence is real. Certainly, once 3.5 appered, there was only one book from 3.0 that saw regular use at our table (The Miniatures Handbook). And the changes for One D&D seem likely to be more substantial than the switch from 3.0 to 3.5 .
I'll still be playing in the meantime, of course, but I'm unlikely to invest. in books when I see the potential lifespan being so short.
(And yes, I knew the 50th was coming up -- somehow the release of the first playtest materials made that seem much more real, and more more where the designers energies are likely to be/should be focused.)
I am very excited to see where One takes us, and I will be following that closely (or so I fully expect). But the initial release of the first playtest package came the same week as the release of Spelljammer and the announcement of five new books, including Planescape. As a result, I find I am a little soured on these new books. I've cancelled my Spelljammer order (FLGS is very understanding, and knows it will sell) and I expect I won't buy any of the new books until the release of the new PHB.
Sure, there will be backwards compatibility, but at the same time there feels like a hard deadline at which the potential for obsolesence is real. Certainly, once 3.5 appered, there was only one book from 3.0 that saw regular use at our table (The Miniatures Handbook). And the changes for One D&D seem likely to be more substantial than the switch from 3.0 to 3.5 .
I'll still be playing in the meantime, of course, but I'm unlikely to invest. in books when I see the potential lifespan being so short.
(And yes, I knew the 50th was coming up -- somehow the release of the first playtest materials made that seem much more real, and more more where the designers energies are likely to be/should be focused.)