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<blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 8181052" data-attributes="member: 6695890">I've been wondering what an updated version of 5e might look like, and I'm really not sure.I don't think there's any chance of a new edition within the foreseeable future. But there is now a lot more material for it, and there's been some talk about a more compiled edition - a 2e to 5e's 1e. The problem there is what that would mean, though - one of the big things that matters to WotC in 5e is there PHB+1 rule. It helps to keep their organised play sane and helps to simplify the playtesting necessary. I think that any compiled/condensed release would need a lot of additional playtesting of all the new options against each other. For that reason alone, I don't think we're going to get any sort of condensed books any time soon (I could see a PHB with the artificer added to it, because that is currently an issue for the PHB+1 rule, but that falls into issues with page count).Condensed books would also directly cannibalise sales of the source books, so again - while XGtE and TCoE are doing well, I don't see any redone PHB with any of their content. Maybe an updated PHB with rewritten chargen will come out, once that's fully settled. That I could see as a thing, in 3-4 years. Maybe some 5e 10th anniversary updates?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccooke, post: 8181052, member: 6695890"] I've been wondering what an updated version of 5e might look like, and I'm really not sure. I don't think there's any chance of a new edition within the foreseeable future. But there is now a lot more material for it, and there's been some talk about a more compiled edition - a 2e to 5e's 1e. The problem there is what that would mean, though - one of the big things that matters to WotC in 5e is there PHB+1 rule. It helps to keep their organised play sane and helps to simplify the playtesting necessary. I think that any compiled/condensed release would need a lot of additional playtesting of all the new options against each other. For that reason alone, I don't think we're going to get any sort of condensed books any time soon (I could see a PHB with the artificer added to it, because that is currently an issue for the PHB+1 rule, but that falls into issues with page count). Condensed books would also directly cannibalise sales of the source books, so again - while XGtE and TCoE are doing well, I don't see any redone PHB with any of their content. Maybe an updated PHB with rewritten chargen will come out, once that's fully settled. That I could see as a thing, in 3-4 years. Maybe some 5e 10th anniversary updates? [/QUOTE]

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