D&D (2024) Does anyone else think that 1D&D will create a significant divide in the community?

[Scribe]

Clearly they do not. I'd be annoyed if it hadn't been 10 years since the last refresh.

Right? 10 years is a long time. I believe GW is on a 3 year cycle, with each iteration of their 40K rules being more convoluted than the prior set for some reason.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Right? 10 years is a long time. I believe GW is on a 3 year cycle, with each iteration of their 40K rules being more convoluted than the prior set for some reason.

It's only because of the tournament scene that GW has been able to get away with that. WotC doesn't really have that luxury.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As we get closer to the 6E launch, we will see if there are going to be many significant changes. I suspect that there will be to encourage people to get the new books, but we just don't know yet.

In a lot of ways, the ideal scenario would be extremely high compatibility with what's come before, beyond fixing stuff that is widely seen as a problem, but adding new stuff, like a warlord class. But if that was going to happen, it seems like we would have gotten a clue, like in the chart of the 2024 PHB classes.

I suspect there will be all sorts of events for launch, and that we'll have plenty of limited edition 6E books too. New players will certainly be attracted to the books. I'm sure those limited edition collectors books will also grab many existing players.

Unless 1D&D is an absolute train wreck (and from my standpoint, it's not at all), I will definitely pick up the fancy 50th anniversary editions of the core books and screen that I assume are coming.

 

[Scribe]

It's only because of the tournament scene that GW has been able to get away with that. WotC doesn't really have that luxury.

I dont know, the scene wasnt that big before either with the biggest gap between 3rd and 4th at 6 years. 40K players are just unreasonably afraid of using unofficial rules, and are happy to ride the treadmill for some reason even as the game gets worse every time.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I dont know, the scene wasnt that big before either with the biggest gap between 3rd and 4th at 6 years. 40K players are just unreasonably afraid of using unofficial rules, and are happy to ride the treadmill for some reason even as the game gets worse every time.

I blame the monarchy.

 

[Incenjucar]

Given D&D is tradition-heavy, WotC will likely be releasing new material based on the updated rules as replacements or semi-replacements for the old ones. It's not like they've shown a major inclination to build brand new ideas in the last decade.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's not like they've shown a major inclination to build brand new ideas in the last decade.

You seem to have missed the howls of pain that doing something other than grim-faced fantasy adventures have elicited. I'd say that Witchlight, Strixhaven and Radiant Citadel, even if one doesn't view them all as successes, are all new ideas. And Strixhaven was originally going to feature multi-class subclasses before the public screamed foul.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Given D&D is tradition-heavy, WotC will likely be releasing new material based on the updated rules as replacements or semi-replacements for the old ones. It's not like they've shown a major inclination to build brand new ideas in the last decade.

True, but that new material is going to take at least a few years to come out. Those shiny new players are going to have a while before there's even a chance of something interesting coming out for the new edition.

 

[mellored]

I knew strong-arm tactics would enter into this eventually.

Given the internet exsist. It's not a very good tactic.

I mean, no one sells AD&D stuff anymore, but I bet you I could start a game of it anyways.

 

[Incenjucar]

You seem to have missed the howls of pain that doing something other than grim-faced fantasy adventures have elicited. I'd say that Witchlight, Strixhaven and Radiant Citadel, even if one doesn't view them all as successes, are all new ideas. And Strixhaven was originally going to feature multi-class subclasses before the public screamed foul.

I meant more along the lines of new classes, but fair enough and good point. I don't envy creative folks working within an anti-novelty atmosphere.