D&D (2024) Does anyone else think that 1D&D will create a significant divide in the community?

[GMforPowergamers]

One could argue there was some fairly strong setting changes between those two besides the mechanical ones.

TBH I prefer the old setting info, and even when I update to "2023" I keep the old concepts

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I remember people swearing up and down they would stay with 3e until the reality of what their play group was doing hit them square in the jaw.

My teeth are still loose.

My ground went through the hostage negotiation to grandfather in my alchemist rogue and halflings being allowed to actually weild good weapons instead of Small ones.

Yup... and I remember saying we would finish out a 3.0 game or 2 and then move was what we settled on... but back then we had more gaming time

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

I know people (me) that are playing the 20th Ann versions of OwoD instead of 5e WoD and played Owod instead of Nwod...

Exactly. I don't remember too much upheaval when WoD came out with other editions. I don't know if it was because the systems were largely the same, to my understanding (at that point, most of my WoD gaming was LARP or playing on MUSHes). There wasn't so much inflammation about feeling 'betrayed' and 'how dare they come out with a new edition so soon'

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Exactly. I don't remember too much upheaval when WoD came out with other editions. I don't know if it was because the systems were largely the same, to my understanding (at that point, most of my WoD gaming was LARP or playing on MUSHes). There wasn't so much inflammation about feeling 'betrayed' and 'how dare they come out with a new edition so soon'

As I asked around, also there is a shadowrun divide (But I don't know what it is...) as well.

 

[Thomas Shey]

TBH I prefer the old setting info, and even when I update to "2023" I keep the old concepts

That requires at least some heavy lifting in some areas where the setting and the mechanics butted up, though.

 

[Thomas Shey]

As I asked around, also there is a shadowrun divide (But I don't know what it is...) as well.

The strongest part is usually between 3e and 4e.

 

[Burt Baccara]

Short version, every 5e player is a potential future grognard.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

That requires at least some heavy lifting in some areas where the setting and the mechanics butted up, though.

yeah but useing more or less the real world as the setting means I am doing less then making a whole D&D setting from scratch...but yeah.

MY current Vampire pitch in a 1920s game that is useing some V5 concepts (combining some discplines) and resetting the meta plot so the 'end times' starts in WW2 and will run through modern nights

 

[Thomas Shey]

yeah but useing more or less the real world as the setting means I am doing less then making a whole D&D setting from scratch...but yeah.

I was thinking more of how the various powers and such imply certain things about the setting(s).

 

[MonsterEnvy]

To fully answer the question this thread is asking, no I don’t expect a particularly noticeable divide beyond some small groups of grognards that always have issues with change.