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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5629925" data-attributes="member: 59082">That goes without saying, of course. But what I was trying to get at is that incompatibility isn't as big a deal as many make it out to be; furthermore, I would guess that most that cry foul with "I wasted millions of dollars on game books that are now unusable" are experienced DMs that have little problem eyeball-converting.True. I've had this conversation with someone here before and my view boiled down to the idea that I think it depends upon how comfortable an individual DM is with ad hocking and fiating. I do it all the time, so don't mind winging it with regards to rules conversions (as long as I have most of the leg-work done before the session, if only in terms of printing out Monster Builder sheets).Fair enough. Speaking for myself, I'm more likely to accept new editions if they are good and offer something innovative and fresh to the D&D experience, while still retaining enough of the core elements of the game to remain "D&Dish."Not a bad idea but I don't think it is that thought out. While economic considerations are, of course, the bottom line with an umbrella corporation as large as Hasbro watching over the shoulders of WotC game designers, I think we often forget a simple truth: Mike Mearls isn't just trying to manipulate the masses; actually, as the lead designer (which I think he is, if I'm not mistaken) his job is to develop the game, to make the best possible D&D that he can. It is the job of other people to make sure it is economically viable - in conjunction with Mearls, of course. But what we forget is that Mearls is, most likely, primarily interested in developing the game itself. I'm sure he's very aware of economics, but his attention is focused on developing the game itself.The good news is that one of the things I hear Mearls saying is that he wants to evolve the game in a way that brings new innovations (modularity, the "complexity dial") while retaining/recovering the classic D&D feel.</blockquote>

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