D&D (2024) The Very Real Possibility and Impact of Microtransactions in One D&D

[Faolyn]

But, if you didn't buy the book, then the book was reprinted with a change, and the older version is now OOP and not available, what's the difference? I suppose you could go trawling through the used book stores, but, at the end of the day, there isn't any real difference.

It's more for the people who did buy the book, who wake up one day and find out it's been changed.

 

[Hussar]

It's more for the people who did buy the book, who wake up one day and find out it's been changed.

But, you just got told that it didn't. If you bought the digital form of a book, then your book isn't changed at all. You can still read the original all you like. I'm still kinda at a loss as to how this is different.

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

Exactly. But not all that "micro".

This will be a real inflection point for D&D. Official D&D will spin off into this digital "walled garden" that WotC has complete control over while the rest of the hobby keeps on trucking with it's "old-fashioned" paper books. With the release of the 5.1 SRD into CC-BY, this will also be an inflection point for official vs folk D&D. Official D&D will be an increasingly insular group with its walled garden and digital-first approach, customers will be increasingly tied to WotC's exclusive ecosystem, and be hit hard with the sunk-cost fallacy if they ever think of jumping ship. While folk D&D will get a massive shot in the arm with the CC release. I see a bright future ahead for folk D&D and I care less and less about what WotC says or does with their IP.

"This is the Second Great Digitization of The Game. Contemplate this upon the Tree of Woe." --Doom

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I know why all this happened:

Someone at WotC read all the complains about 5e, that there are not enough things to spend money on. And what to do with all that money and so on.
That was quoted out of context...

and now we are here...

 

[Micah Sweet]

Sourced, including copies of the text that's said to have been excised:

Dungeons & Dragons: Wizards of the Coast Removes Problematic Lore

WotC excises problematic content from D&D books.

screenrant.com

That's a lot of material. Very glad I have a physical copy, and have never really cottoned to DDB.