Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
5E was the first edition of D&D to get any sort of public playtest, yes.
D&D (2024) Does anyone else think that 1D&D will create a significant divide in the community?
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
We went through this exact scenario before, with the 3E to 3.5E transition, which the 1D&D is starting to look like.
There were people who loudly protested that they'd never convert to 3.5E and ... well, they mostly did. There were a few people who stuck with 3E, and more who grumbled about the transition, but for the most part, few people jumped off the then-current edition of D&D until the very dramatic design changes of 4E, at which point, a lot of folks went to Pathfinder 1E, which was a less significant break with 3.5E.
At this point in time, it seems very likely that we'll have something similar to 3.5E. There will be people who are outraged, as we've seen earlier this year with the kerfuffle over Monsters of the Multiverse, but most people will go with the flow or, at worst, mix and match components as they see fit, which is a tradition as old as D&D itself.
There were people who loudly protested that they'd never convert to 3.5E and ... well, they mostly did. There were a few people who stuck with 3E, and more who grumbled about the transition, but for the most part, few people jumped off the then-current edition of D&D until the very dramatic design changes of 4E, at which point, a lot of folks went to Pathfinder 1E, which was a less significant break with 3.5E.
At this point in time, it seems very likely that we'll have something similar to 3.5E. There will be people who are outraged, as we've seen earlier this year with the kerfuffle over Monsters of the Multiverse, but most people will go with the flow or, at worst, mix and match components as they see fit, which is a tradition as old as D&D itself.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Didn't Pathfinder 1E get a public playtest? That's probably a meaningful point of comparison, for people who are interested in such.
payn
Glory to Marik
I think 3 years from launch was hard to chew for a lot of players, but 10 seems like a good amount of time to space out a half edition to me.
Yeap.
Corinnguard
Hero
Yes. Before Pathfinder 1e officially came out, there was a Beta version of the PHB for everyone to try out.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
That's not D&D, though.
Corinnguard
Hero
Pathfinder 1e was sometimes called 3.75 D&D.
It might not have been created by WoTC, but it looked and felt like D&D to those who were turned off by 4e.
JEB
Legend
Someone who actively uses the site as a resource for their D&D games, as opposed to someone who merely has an account on DDB and rarely if ever uses it. For example, I doubt most of the users who signed up just to get access to the playtest immediately became active DDB users. (Though I'm sure Wizards is hoping they will!)
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
I mean, sure, it is derived from 3.5, but it's not D&D.Pathfinder 1e was sometimes called 3.75 D&D.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Unless you are an owner of either company, of course it is, just as OSR books are D&D.
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