D&D (2024) We’ll be merging the One D&D and D&D forums shortly

[Micah Sweet]

90% of posts are about the current edition, and we have edition tags for posts. I am really not seeing the issue.

You think 90% of everyone here is going to just stop using the 2014 books and only talk about the new ones? Nowhere near that percentage has even said they're going to buy the new books.

 

[Horwath]

 

[Yaarel]

You think 90% of everyone here is going to just stop using the 2014 books and only talk about the new ones? Nowhere near that percentage has even said they're going to buy the new books.

When the 2024 books come out, I will stop using the 2014 rules, and only talk about the current official rules.

Whenever an official errata comes out, I use the errata, and no longer refer to the obsolete text. I use Xanathars rules for tool proficiency, and Tashas rules for Personalizing Spells. And so on. I normally look up monsters online, so whatever DnDBeyond has for the monster stats that I am looking up, is what I refer to.

Unless I am specifically referring to something that exists elsewhere in D&D tradition − like 1e Drow Elf stats with low Charisma versus 3e Drow Elf stats with high Charisma, or 1e Wood Elf with high Strength versus 3e Elf without Strength, or 3e Sun Elf stats that lack Dexterity improvement while 4e Sun Elf has full Charisma improvement, or what the traditions say about the flavors of the Githyanki (psionic? necromantic? arcane-martial gish? how does all this make sense?), or the universal 4e mechanic of a power format, or so on − why would I be referring to a text that is no longer current?

I assume everyone who is keeping current with the D&D game will use the current rules, unless importing a variant rule.

Heh, plus, 5e 2024 might be the last time Core rules are published by means of the destruction of trees, and become a collectors item similar to the rarity of ivory.

 

[Azzy]

You think 90% of everyone here is going to just stop using the 2014 books and only talk about the new ones? Nowhere near that percentage has even said they're going to buy the new books.

Good god, let's think of the children!

The D&D forum has always been primarily about the edition/revision that is being published current to the discussion. Edition tags exist for those that aren't discussing that system. It'll be okay.

 

[Cadence]

Even a 50 year old does not actually think of two decades as "just a few years". I mean, that's the time to have a kid, have them grow up and be mostly through college.

Yes. But now I'm thinking that it feels like which two decades changes that a lot. 1970-1990 feels like a lot longer time spread in my head-space than 2004-2024. Does each additional year mentally count less because it is a smaller percentage of the cumulative experienced time when it happened than the year before it was?

 

[Nikosandros]

Actually, I have a scoop: WotC will use an edition number for the 2024 rules. As a fun little game, you'll have to calculate it:

 

[Cadence]

So now I eagerly await a revised Level Up down the road at some point, just to see what the abbreviation is...

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Yes. But now I'm thinking that it feels like which two decades changes that a lot. 1970-1990 feels like a lot longer time spread in my head-space than 2004-2024. Does each additional year mentally count less because it is a smaller percentage of the cumulative experienced time when it happened than the year before it was?

Yes, that's often a component of human perception, we perceive things on a logarithmic rather than linear scale. It's why a phone screen on moderate to low brightness seems almost blinding in a dark room, but the very same screen at absolute maximum brightness can seem dull compared to daytime sunlight. Or why just a teaspoon or two of sugar in something that's supposed to be savory can make it taste much too sweet, while something that's supposed to be sweet (especially if balanced against sour or bitter flavors) might have ten times as much sugar and still taste only mildly sweet.

For me, the last ~15 years or so almost feel like a blur, particularly the past five years or so, while the preceding 15 feel vast, because I was rather young.

 

[Older Beholder]

You think 90% of everyone here is going to just stop using the 2014 books and only talk about the new ones? Nowhere near that percentage has even said they're going to buy the new books.

People that don’t buy the new books will still likely discuss them when they come out, though.

 

[Corinnguard]

Posts like these make me miss as a reaction to posts

I wish there was an animated emoticon where your eyeballs pop out and roll off the page. With an active sound effect of your choosing.