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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 7872388" data-attributes="member: 72555">D&amp;D Next was the name of the project (both marketing and game) that ended with publishing D&amp;D 5e.&nbsp; They didn't want to call it 5e, because their goal was an evergreen D&amp;D without a version number;&nbsp; you can see this in that most 5e material doesn't mention 5e, just D&amp;D.In my experience, what it evolved into was recapturing the some of the feel of AD&amp;D 1e/2e and OD&amp;D together with some of the mathematical rigor of D&amp;D 4e, plus the mechanical trick of bounded accuracy (which is somewhat connected to how OD&amp;D worked).D&amp;D Next talked about the idea of making a D&amp;D where someone could play a class that was basically a AD&amp;D1e fighter, someone else could play one that mimiced a tricked-out Swordsage from Tome of Battle, and someone else could play a 4e style Warlord.&nbsp; And where you could pick up an OD&amp;D module or a 4e module and easily convert it so your players could play it.One of the earlier D&amp;D Next classes released was a fighter that was sort of 5e battlemaster like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 7872388, member: 72555"] D&D Next was the name of the project (both marketing and game) that ended with publishing D&D 5e. They didn't want to call it 5e, because their goal was an evergreen D&D without a version number; you can see this in that most 5e material doesn't mention 5e, just D&D. In my experience, what it evolved into was recapturing the some of the feel of AD&D 1e/2e and OD&D together with some of the mathematical rigor of D&D 4e, plus the mechanical trick of bounded accuracy (which is somewhat connected to how OD&D worked). D&D Next talked about the idea of making a D&D where someone could play a class that was basically a AD&D1e fighter, someone else could play one that mimiced a tricked-out Swordsage from Tome of Battle, and someone else could play a 4e style Warlord. And where you could pick up an OD&D module or a 4e module and easily convert it so your players could play it. One of the earlier D&D Next classes released was a fighter that was sort of 5e battlemaster like. [/QUOTE]

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