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Constancy is always the weirdest part, but once it's dialed in it makes every thing else way simpler.

@GMMichael success in successing the successed!

The problem is that this is not what is happening. There are large parts of the game being "reimagined" or "rebalanced".

Understood. Thanks!

There is definitely a component of it that is shady, but will it be exploitation or general innovation? Maybe both.

The original post was positioned more as a question rather than a statement: Is it a cash grab? is that a good thing or bad? is it a positive or a negative for the industry?

The blog used to have a lot more of a design journal before I moved it 100% over to the new branding. That being said, the current point is to talk about industry stuff from a business point of view as well as to move it back to more of a indy developer perspective. IDK it's a work in progress...

I think I posted the gist of the article to talk about the topic. Obvi you could deep dive if you wanted to.

The arrival of a new Dungeons & Dragons edition is a significant event, often met with a mix of excitement and apprehension. However, a new edition can be more than just a rules update. This analysis explores the potential for a new D&D edition to act as a wealth creation engine, benefiting...

Y'all deserved to be taken for every penny.

Ask any audio file how good CD audio quality is. Lol

Just wait until you have to "rent" the books from WotC and never own it.

Eventually everyone is strong-armed into buying a new core rulebook, monster manual, and setting guide just to continue to play with new player and adopters as the community as a whole shifts.

There has been a steady stream of updates. There's been something like 48 books released in that time frame.

From the article

I'm not saying they don't. I'm saying put that creative use into making great content for the base and not forcing a change to the core rules.

But they do because newcomers naturally gravitate towards the latest edition, leaving veterans forced to adopt the rules if they want to play with them.

See, and that's again going to be a problem, that makes your old books will be completely obsoleted as the rules would no longer apply to them. Why not keep both SRDs?

Lots of AI time for sure

sigh and you just accept it like a good little consumer.