Lol they're not going to do anything new with previous editions. Changing one isn't gonna happen.
. At best reprints with new covers like 10 years ago maybe add them to CC.
The thread literally has no relation whatsoever to what wotc is or isn’t likely to do.
Y'all got a Kickstarter for this? I joke but that is quite attractive. Hurry up and make the proper 4E SRD like you "promised" last January, WotC! I do think 4E is a game which can tolerate a lot more than 12 classes in the long run but as basis for the SRD that would make sense.
Yeah tbh I’d love to see it.
And I love a lot of the 4e classes that wouldn’t be in the 4e Revised PHB, like the Avenger. But IMO you don’t want a 600 page PHB. As for the SRD, I’d be down to put every class in it. Why not? Just organize it so that the core 12 or so are in the main section, and then there is a secondary “uncommon classes” section after that.
Oh, I’d also have the offline character builder and encounter/monster builder updated and rereleased with a toggle for classic 4e or Revised 4e.
And DDB would be expanded dramatically to encompass every edition, classic and revised, and try to partner with or buy demiplane to support other games and make our platform the hub of the TTRPG community, not just D&D.
Users could publish via the platform, with each game hub having its own market that is all part of the same service “under the hood” like DTRPG and DMsGuild, and we would eventually want to host basically a full marketplace for everything TTRPG, complete with publishing tools, help creators find editors and graphic designers, help people put together development teams, print physical copy, maybe even buy HeroForge and integrate the VTT tech with HeroForge.
Like the roadmap would be ambitious, and I wouldn’t give a damn about profit for the first few years, and aim to break even after paying for labor and all that in later years. Executive staff would be paid about 50% more than the median employee, profit sharing (once there is profit) would be universal, and we would quickly become an employee owned company.
Because I really believe that would lead to the brightest future for D&D and the TTRPG community.
Also 5e would still be seen as evergreen at least as a goal, with new “editions” in the sense of “the lord of the rings edition of monopoly” not in the sense of a new core game. So cyberpunk 5e, space fantasy 5e, etc.
And of course playable Gnolls, addition of the Assassin, Captain, and Swordmage, classes,
It is the spirit.
I don't trust anyone to not be greedy if they had the money to buy DnD.
Yes of course, there are no people in the world that aren’t secretly just greedy bastards.
Good lord.
Now I could get behind Sam Reich if he had the capital and never went public. Having shareholders (who aren't fans) is not a good thing for the game.
Agreed.