D&D (2024) So IS it a new edition?
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Professor Murder
Hero
So on reflection, and looking back at going through both edition changes and edition updates, I feel this is an edition update.
It works like this: Mechanically, can I make older books work with the newer material?
So say 3rd to 3.5, I can. Some things wont work or wont be worth it, but the core mechanics are the same.
3rd to 4th? I can't. Too many changes. I can still use the books for setting and if I want to I could convert, but labour is involved.
4th to 5th? Same. Just too many changes. I got rid of my 4th ed books when the new edition dropped.
The only 5th ed books I will be getting rid of are my Trinity. Now, may that change? Sure. Happened when 3.5 slowly replaced near everything offered in 3.0.
I am hopeful, and for some personal perspective, this is a huge amount of time between editions, let alone an edition refresh. Honestly, any rpg that can last 10 years without a major revamp is a good run. Especially one that has seen this much continuous play. Longer breaks in editions are almost always due to games laying fallow for a long time and getting a new edition as part of a revival or being taken up by a new publisher.
It works like this: Mechanically, can I make older books work with the newer material?
So say 3rd to 3.5, I can. Some things wont work or wont be worth it, but the core mechanics are the same.
3rd to 4th? I can't. Too many changes. I can still use the books for setting and if I want to I could convert, but labour is involved.
4th to 5th? Same. Just too many changes. I got rid of my 4th ed books when the new edition dropped.
The only 5th ed books I will be getting rid of are my Trinity. Now, may that change? Sure. Happened when 3.5 slowly replaced near everything offered in 3.0.
I am hopeful, and for some personal perspective, this is a huge amount of time between editions, let alone an edition refresh. Honestly, any rpg that can last 10 years without a major revamp is a good run. Especially one that has seen this much continuous play. Longer breaks in editions are almost always due to games laying fallow for a long time and getting a new edition as part of a revival or being taken up by a new publisher.
JEB
Legend
Huh. Rather wordy and/or inefficient, that. No wonder people are looking for something else.
FitzTheRuke
Legend
JEB
Legend
Thought you said the official name for the new set of core rules was "Dungeons & Dragons 5e revised core rulebooks"? Generally people referred to the previous core rules set as "fifth edition" or "5e", so I assume they're looking for a similarly short blanket term for the new core rules set.
JEB
Legend
Ah, OK, so the official term for the new core rulebooks as a whole (PHB 2024 + DMG 2024 + MM 2025) is "5e revised"? Then yeah, kind of strange that people wouldn't just use that, if that's the way Wizards themselves is distinguishing them from the original core rulebooks. "Fifth edition" or "5e" for the 2014-2024 rules, and "5e revised" for the 2024-onward rules.
FitzTheRuke
Legend
Scars Unseen
Hero
Yes, it is. Pretty much every release of the game has a shorthand. Of course you have the Capital "E" editions shortened to 1E, 2E, etc. The variations of Basic have shorthand (BX, BECMI, etc). 3E's revision is simply 3.5. Up till now, probably the longest names for releases have been Black Box and Essentials. 5E(2014) is unnecessarily a mouthful that doesn't even do the intended job of avoiding the 3E/3.5E situation of making people consider the two releases as needing to be treated differently at the table.
Lakesidefantasy
Hero
How long did it take to sell 48 Volos? Actually, how long did it take to sell 30 Volos?
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