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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8733123" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>I tend towards <strong>not buying</strong> the anniversary edition and <strong>not DMing</strong> it either.</p><p></p><p>Let's say at the moment I have a 10% chance of buying the new core books, and 20-30% chance of allowing players to use those books in my game even if I don't buy them. It all depends on what they actually <strong>change</strong>, of course.</p><p></p><p>Things I am OK with:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they <strong>add</strong> <strong>options</strong>, either character material that you can <strong>choose</strong> <strong>in place</strong> of something else (subclasses, feats, spells, variant class features)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they <strong>generalize </strong>some rules, like the one we already know about racial ability modifiers, meaning that there are essentially new possibilities, but the original 5.0 default still exists as an option within the new general rule</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they modify <strong>narratives</strong> such as anything race- and alignment- related (because anyway these will be overwritten by any specific fantasy setting own defaults)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">changes to <strong>DMG</strong> rules, because everything is still subject to "rule 0" which makes these rules always more like guidelines than strictly enforced</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">changes to <strong>monsters stats</strong> because IMO they are not that holy, and I anyway vary individual monsters by myself as I see fit</li> </ul><p></p><p>Things I am NOT OK with:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">free character buffs, which make the original 5.0 classes/races/backgrounds inferior</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">changes to PHB rules</li> </ul><p></p><p>Right now, I think they will largely do both the things I am not ok with, so I tend to think I will stick with running 5.0 indefinitely. Of course as a player I am not necessarily going to turn down a 5.5 game if I like the people I will be playing with, but I am not going to run it at least for now, and I will advise my players not to buy the books either. </p><p></p><p>If they only do the things I am ok with, or those I am not ok are done really only in very small amount, then I can make the switch. I do not however know if it would still be worth buying the books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8733123, member: 1465"] I tend towards [B]not buying[/B] the anniversary edition and [B]not DMing[/B] it either. Let's say at the moment I have a 10% chance of buying the new core books, and 20-30% chance of allowing players to use those books in my game even if I don't buy them. It all depends on what they actually [B]change[/B], of course. Things I am OK with: [LIST] [*]they [B]add[/B] [B]options[/B], either character material that you can [B]choose[/B] [B]in place[/B] of something else (subclasses, feats, spells, variant class features) [*]they [B]generalize [/B]some rules, like the one we already know about racial ability modifiers, meaning that there are essentially new possibilities, but the original 5.0 default still exists as an option within the new general rule [*]they modify [B]narratives[/B] such as anything race- and alignment- related (because anyway these will be overwritten by any specific fantasy setting own defaults) [*]changes to [B]DMG[/B] rules, because everything is still subject to "rule 0" which makes these rules always more like guidelines than strictly enforced [*]changes to [B]monsters stats[/B] because IMO they are not that holy, and I anyway vary individual monsters by myself as I see fit [/LIST] Things I am NOT OK with: [LIST] [*]free character buffs, which make the original 5.0 classes/races/backgrounds inferior [*]changes to PHB rules [/LIST] Right now, I think they will largely do both the things I am not ok with, so I tend to think I will stick with running 5.0 indefinitely. Of course as a player I am not necessarily going to turn down a 5.5 game if I like the people I will be playing with, but I am not going to run it at least for now, and I will advise my players not to buy the books either. If they only do the things I am ok with, or those I am not ok are done really only in very small amount, then I can make the switch. I do not however know if it would still be worth buying the books. [/QUOTE]
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