D&D (2024) How D&D Beyond Will Handle Access To 2014 Rules

D&D Beyond has announced how the transition to the new 2024 edition will work on the platform, and how legacy access to the 2014 version of D&D will be implemented.

• You will still be able to access the 2014 Basic Rules and core rulebooks.
• You will still be able to make characters using the 2014 Player's Handbook.
• Existing home-brew content will not be impacted.
• These 2014 rules will be accessible and will be marked with a 'legacy' badge: classes, subclasses, species, backgrounds, feats, monsters.
• Tooltips will reflect the 2024 rules.
• Monster stat blocks will be updated to 2024.
• There will be terminology changes (Heroic Inspiration, Species, etc.)

D&D (2024) - Wizards of the Coast Backtracks on D&D Beyond and 2014 Content

Wizards of the Coast posted an overnight update stating that they are not going forward with previously released plans to require those wishing to use some 2014 content on D&D Beyond to use the Homebrew function to manually enter it. Instead, all the content including spells and magic items will...

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[FrogReaver]

I really don’t understand why it’s so controversial to say:

5e used to refer to compatibility with the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons (2014). Today 5e means general compatibility with several 5e-based core systems and thousands of supplements, campaigns, and adventures.

That concept isnt controversial. The controversy is accepting that concept as true when it’s very much in dispute.

I don’t think any part of that is inaccurate or diminishes the effort of the creators of D&D 2014.

I think its inaccurate and I’ve never been worried about the 2014 d&d creators efforts being diminished.

 

[Micah Sweet]

So is d&d 5e compatible?

Mostly, but you might have to do some tweaking for certain elements.

 

[FrogReaver]

or consider this, why is it controversial to say 5e is literally d&d 5th edition? That other products claiming to be 5e are just claiming compatibility/similarity/or derivation from 5th edition d&d and are doing so in a heavy handed marketing-speak kind of way when they co-opt the 5e moniker that everyone knows solely referred to 5th edition d&d, at least until the marketing people for other games tried to co-opt the term.

 

[Micah Sweet]

No.

Well, it's not perfect, but there are some bits of WotC D&D I can use in my 5e game (mostly IP. I like Beholders and Mind Flayers).

 

[Micah Sweet]

That concept isnt controversial. The controversy is accepting that concept as true when it’s very much in dispute.

I think its inaccurate and I’ve never been worried about the 2014 d&d creators efforts being diminished.

What's the point of disputing it? All that does is give WotC an unwarranted degree of authority over the 5e ruleset.

 

[Micah Sweet]

or consider this, why is it controversial to say 5e is literally d&d 5th edition? That other products claiming to be 5e are just claiming compatibility/similarity/or derivation from 5th edition d&d and are doing so in a heavy handed marketing-speak kind of way when they co-opt the 5e moniker that everyone knows solely referred to 5th edition d&d, at least until the marketing people for other games tried to co-opt the term.

It's not controversial. It's imprecise.

 

[FrogReaver]

What's the point of disputing it? All that does is give WotC an unwarranted degree of authority over the 5e ruleset.

There is no 5e ruleset separate from the d&d 5e ruleset.

 

[Micah Sweet]

There is no 5e ruleset separate from the d&d 5e ruleset.

Blatantly untrue. I can look it up in the CC right now.

 

[FrogReaver]

Blatantly untrue. I can look it up in the CC right now.

You mean a licensing agreement?

 

[Micah Sweet]

You mean a licensing agreement?

It is out there for the public to use forever, not under the control if it's creator. Like the OGL was supposed to be, but even more secure. Technically it is a license agreement, but not exactly like Disney licensing out the RPG rights to Star Wars. WotC can't take it back.