D&D 5E A 5e BECMI?

[nnms]

I'm definitely pro 5E BECMI.

Though I'm not really use how much Immortals needs to be there.

I think I'd like to see a very basic core game with obvious extensions. I think the Pathfinder Basic is a good example, but then the jump to the full game is a bit big. Basic box and then... 576 page book.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I think the 10-levels idea has a lot of merit.

I think this mostly because D&D is functionally a 10 level game, most of the time.

But rather than a default progression, I could see it being more like an optional toolkit: "Here's the rules to go into levels 10+...if you want to take your game to that heroic level!"

 

[nnms]

That sounds like a really good idea. Just make the normal adventurer game go to 10 and then have an extension for 10+. I'd be all over that.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

A related BECMI approach might be to do a big fat box o' goodness, akin to the Pathfinder Beginner's Box, as the initial release, with subsequent releases in a format similar to Essentials, but sized to fit inside that same box.

For gods' sakes, get that box marketed in Toys 'R' Us! Don't fumble the beginner's set again, please! It is your best chance to grab new players!

A $15 - $20 dollar expansion book to cover classes and rules not covered in the initial box (so two level 1-5 releases) then other releases either expanding into higher levels or setting specific.

Put a mass combat system into a book for around level 6 - 10, monster books also by level. Prestige classes in both the setting books and in the level appropriate books.

The Auld Grump