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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trickster Spirit" data-source="post: 6555922" data-attributes="member: 6701829">Wow, left this thread for an evening and every response since has made some great points - I agree with them all!Rather than quoting everyone, I'll just state that yes, I'm certain they'll re-release the core books with changes, though that might just be limited to legitimate typo corrections and rules clarification (Stealth rules, for example) - the new ranger sub-class for example would likely appear in an Unearthed Arcana book than a revised PHB. They stressed "additive" change (rules alternatives) rather than replacement in their survey results article. I'd be much happier with CoC style edition turnover, but in D&D terms I see that as releasing 5.1, 5.2, 5.3..., not a 6E.I don't think they'll get rid of physical books altogether in the near future, but it's possible whatever "5.1" additions / fixes are added to the game will be around in digital form for a good long time before they actually send it to the printers. I'd actually prefer it that way myself but know a lot of fans will hate to not have everything compiled in one place. I would like to see the books released digitally, but don't think we'll see them in PDF - in theory that's not necessarily a bad thing, there ARE formats better suited for browsing / searching than PDF, but am pretty skeptical as I think they'll take the opportunity to launch them in a DRM heavy app or file format. That's essentially what Project Morningstar was going to be, and if Wizards really wanted PDFs out I think we'd have them by now. Which is a shame as DRM is completely pointless, only serving to annoy or put off legitimate customers - pirates never even see it (and have had PDFs of the core books for months now).Re: the OGL, I think the genie is out of the bottle and that that is a good thing - people will put together OGL supplements for 5E whether the edition is officially released under it or not. So far the third-party content for 5E has been pretty good, and I think third-party glut will be less of an issue this time around - this is 2015 so most of it will be digital rather than cluttering up store shelves, and in general I believe people today are much more inclined to do a little research online on product quality before they buy than they were in 2005.</blockquote>

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