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Yes, but the 1E stuff can still be run in 7E without a headache.Heck, you can run 7E CoC in 1E withiut being a rocket surgeon.

A compatible edition means the back catalog remains viable. I'm not saying I expect no changes, but the pressures seem more likely to push towards changes like between Call of Cthulu editions, rather than anything fundamentally radical.

Realistically, between WotC/Has ros financial investment into Beyond, and that the primary designers at WotC now started playing D&D with 5E (no joke, Armin and De Armas), I would be shocked if they ever make another D&D that is not backwards compatible.

That goes all the way back to Gary Gygax.

Yup, up on Demiplane: https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/cosmererpg/sources/stormlight-starter-rules?srsltid=AfmBOoqV1IYPYfr-Q787jKC8WBsWhAxMVpORuadsP42uuqxg4L5AYqbj It really is a very plausible candidate for a "futuristic" D&D, not that I think WotC will yake thst path. Once the 8 Settings...

Right, but you cited other companies.

100%, and I'm sure Paizo is doing what they have to do to survive. I'm not angry or upset. Merely in shock.

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One of the FR books is $49.99, the DM book does appear to be $59.99. But those numbers prove my point: $80 is a significant jump from $60 for equivalent products.

Don't get me wrong, TTRPGs are still a great deal even at that price. And I'm sure PF2E peeps will get their money worth, and the subscripers sound like they will dave money due to shipping, and $30 per softcover actually is closer to my expectations than $80 for a hardcover. But, no, 256 pages...

12-24, more broadly speaking, but trust me the preteen marketing they have been doing is huge (source: being a parent of preteens)

But, thst is the market standard...? D&D books are $50 a pop, or less (as high Eberron). Other companies are still hitting that number.

Dude, that has been D&D business plan for over 50 years.

The rules engine for the Cosmere RPG. So many of the suggestions made in this thread are just describing the changes Brotherwise has made to the d20 chassis. That, or "Bring Back (Older Edition)!"

I mean, I got through the Kickstarter, but the MSRP in the FLGS is $49.99, $59.99 each for the setting and rulebook. It’s a big jump up in price on the marketplace.

... .. . Listen, I'm tired of saying this, but I do know another d20 game that came out recently that does handle this well... I swear, if I turned this thread into a "that is done in Plotweaver" drinking game, I'd be dead by now.

Enough to buy D&D? Pretty normal, with birthday/holiday gift money. D&D is a cheap hobby that can go far per dollar with time...which 12 hear olds have.

I'm more comparing it to what else is on the market... Even ignoring WotC economies of scale, Brotherwise Games is bringing out a large and lushly illustrated adventure book for the Stormlight RPG in October, for $49.99... Prices do have to go up eventually, inflation is inevitable...but...

Yeah, given that the primary target market is 12 year olds, who were now born almost at the same time 5E came out... WotC doesn't need to coax older players who may have gotten bored of D&D-isms, they just need to freshen things up to provide a sufficiently D&D-ish experience to attract new...

Oh, I got that: it does that, too, the whole Schtick of the Fighter-y career path in Plotweaver is using Fpcus to do stuff like damage on a miss, etc. very much like the Monk...but without specific cultural connotations or limitations.