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D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e"
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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9872082" data-attributes="member: 6906980"><p>I think the biggest issue with the name for the next revision is that it's now been established that the ".5" means that the changes are compatible with the previous version. We can mix-and-match 5e and 5.5e in ways we could never do with 4e and 5e. But the kind of incompatibility with 4e and 5e requires significant changes to the structure of the game, something I'm not sure we'll ever see again. </p><p></p><p>It would have made more sense to use something like 5.24 (but confusing in a few years) or maybe even better 5.1 because then you could have had 5.1, 5.2 ... 5.<em>n</em>. I don't think digital first changes much unless they abandon people unwilling to subscribe to DndBeyond and even then the implementation details matter a lot more than they do for software we use.</p><p></p><p>I assume we'll see new revisions at some point but who knows what label they'll use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9872082, member: 6906980"] I think the biggest issue with the name for the next revision is that it's now been established that the ".5" means that the changes are compatible with the previous version. We can mix-and-match 5e and 5.5e in ways we could never do with 4e and 5e. But the kind of incompatibility with 4e and 5e requires significant changes to the structure of the game, something I'm not sure we'll ever see again. It would have made more sense to use something like 5.24 (but confusing in a few years) or maybe even better 5.1 because then you could have had 5.1, 5.2 ... 5.[I]n[/I]. I don't think digital first changes much unless they abandon people unwilling to subscribe to DndBeyond and even then the implementation details matter a lot more than they do for software we use. I assume we'll see new revisions at some point but who knows what label they'll use. [/QUOTE]
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