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Not really. Their statement makes it clear that WotC's position hasn't changed and emphasizes the word "evolution" for the umpteenth...

I think it will compatible with campaigns and libraries currently on DnDBeyond. And they'll tinker with a few rules for clarification or...

Small iterative changes that are largely compatible with the 2014 rules so that the best selling back catalog of all time remains...

In order to keep a stable number of subscribers you will, of course, need to attract new players. But you don't necessarily need new...

But keeping the number of players stable requires selling books. That’s the whole point. WotC isn’t as interested in retaining players...

The subscription fees for DndBeyond are also a major difference. Pre-5e editions had a similar arc after the 80s when the game was still...

It's not tricky at all. WotC have a working system for that: legacy content. They stop selling the books on DDB, but maintain supprt for...

5.1 would have made a lot more sense. And I agree that I don’t think we’ll see major changes to the game again that require abandoning...

I think the biggest issue with the name for the next revision is that it's now been established that the ".5" means that the changes are...

So what will the next iteration on the D&D rule set be called? 6e? Isn't that even more confusing if it is once again fully...

A lot of the textual changes have been in presentation and not substance. Even classes that had fairly significant changes like the...

I'm a pragmatic person. I just worry about what works for my purposes. I, like apparently the large the majority of folks these days...

Exactly. 5e has been about selling PHBs to new players for the last 12 years. 2024/5.5/5.24 didn’t change that. And it’s the major...

The real X factor here is how successful Beyond has become...and the back catalog continuing to move. That mitigate against any sort of...

I wouldn't worry. I'm sure 5e24 along with my own 5.24 are fully compatible with 5.5.