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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8799202" data-attributes="member: 7006">No, there won't be a divide, because I suspect the new books will be just like Xanathar's and Tasha's-- you'll be able to pull the bits and pieces out of the 2024 books and use them with a 2014 game with very little issue.I mean really... all we need is for diehard 2014 players who don't want to &quot;switch&quot; to look and see what the 2024 Ranger or 4 Elements Monk look like and decide &quot;You know what?&nbsp; I like that design.&nbsp; I'll let players use it in my 2014 5E game.&quot;&nbsp; And then voila!&nbsp; The 2024 update will have done its job.I personally think this &quot;devotion&quot; to certain parts or editions of D&amp;D is really overblown.&nbsp; There's never been any reason for anyone to make grand declarations of what they are or are not going to play, whether they are or are not going to &quot;switch&quot; games, whether they are or are not going to move on from D&amp;D.&nbsp; No one else ever cares what your feelings are about the game(s)... just like no one cares if you go back on your pronouncements and decide to actually buy new books or not switch editions or not change games.Every single person will see these new books, see what has been added / removed / changed, and then decide &quot;Do I want to drop $40 on this?&quot;&nbsp; And if you do or if you don't... it doesn't matter.&nbsp; The only &quot;divide&quot; will be those folks who come onto the EN World boards all bent out of shape over whatever ridiculous thing has got that bee in their bonnet and they badmouth X thing repeatedly.&nbsp; And the rest of us will spend the next several years rebutting or rolling our eyes at their constant caterwauling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8799202, member: 7006"] No, there won't be a divide, because I suspect the new books will be just like Xanathar's and Tasha's-- you'll be able to pull the bits and pieces out of the 2024 books and use them with a 2014 game with very little issue. I mean really... all we need is for diehard 2014 players who don't want to "switch" to look and see what the 2024 Ranger or 4 Elements Monk look like and decide "You know what? I like that design. I'll let players use it in my 2014 5E game." And then voila! The 2024 update will have done its job. I personally think this "devotion" to certain parts or editions of D&D is really overblown. There's never been any reason for anyone to make grand declarations of what they are or are not going to play, whether they are or are not going to "switch" games, whether they are or are not going to move on from D&D. No one else ever cares what your feelings are about the game(s)... just like no one cares if you go back on your pronouncements and decide to actually buy new books or not switch editions or not change games. Every single person will see these new books, see what has been added / removed / changed, and then decide "Do I want to drop $40 on this?" And if you do or if you don't... it doesn't matter. The only "divide" will be those folks who come onto the EN World boards all bent out of shape over whatever ridiculous thing has got that bee in their bonnet and they badmouth X thing repeatedly. And the rest of us will spend the next several years rebutting or rolling our eyes at their constant caterwauling. [/QUOTE]

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