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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5637729" data-attributes="member: 52734">Nope, I don't imagine a new edition would win many over, only further fracture the fanbase.&nbsp; Even were Paizo, Green Ronin or some other entity to pull the D&amp;D rabbit out of the hat.However, I don't think WotC could &quot;win&quot; if they were to resurrect an old version of the game either.&nbsp; There'd be 4Eers who'd whine WotC had abandoned their edition, and everyone else would complain Mike Mearls ruined their edition of the game.*Would that stop me from looking at a 5th edition?&nbsp; Nope, I'd still check it out.&nbsp; But it would definitely have a hard job of convincing me to drop what I'm playing now and actually play it after my not-so-thrilling encounter with 4E.Would I like to see older edition support?&nbsp; Sure, especially if it could be 1E/2E material**.&nbsp; Or perhaps best of all, material that would work with whatever version of D&amp;D I'm playing.&nbsp; Sadly, all &quot;fluff&quot; books - like the FR player's guide from 2E or the World and Monsters book of 4E - I don't really fancy, and I don't imagine it'd be possible to do a multi-edition mechanics book without a lot of space wasted converting the material between editions.* With tongue firmly planted in cheek about the meme &quot;Mike Mearls ruined ...&quot;** Even though I'm not playing right now, it might inspire me to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5637729, member: 52734"] Nope, I don't imagine a new edition would win many over, only further fracture the fanbase. Even were Paizo, Green Ronin or some other entity to pull the D&D rabbit out of the hat. However, I don't think WotC could "win" if they were to resurrect an old version of the game either. There'd be 4Eers who'd whine WotC had abandoned their edition, and everyone else would complain Mike Mearls ruined their edition of the game.* Would that stop me from [I]looking[/I] at a 5th edition? Nope, I'd still check it out. But it would definitely have a hard job of convincing me to drop what I'm playing now and actually play it after my not-so-thrilling encounter with 4E. Would I like to see older edition support? Sure, especially if it could be 1E/2E material**. Or perhaps best of all, material that would work with whatever version of D&D I'm playing. Sadly, all "fluff" books - like the FR player's guide from 2E or the World and Monsters book of 4E - I don't really fancy, and I don't imagine it'd be possible to do a multi-edition mechanics book without a lot of space wasted converting the material between editions. * With tongue firmly planted in cheek about the meme "Mike Mearls ruined ..." ** Even though I'm not playing right now, it might inspire me to :) [/QUOTE]

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