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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2987021" data-attributes="member: 9254">Meh.  I'm less than panicky.  The OGL ensures that the D&D I currently play will stay in production.  I have the core system in digital format and tons of PDF products I can acquire online.  Remember, those PDF files will probably remain on sale for as long as the distribution system remains in place simply b/c there is no incentive NOT to leave it up for sale.  Hard drive space is cheap.So even if I fear for the worst  unlike 2e, I don't have to worry about the books vanishing as they go out of print.  4e will probably be like 2e, redesigned for a mass-market approach that will be too bland to capture anyone's attention.  The fans will buy it out of curiosity but interest will wane.  I was left unsatisfied with 2e and thoroughly displeased with player's options.  I was ecstatic at 3e and only mildly disappointed in 3.5, which kind of parallels my AD&D joy followed by the OA/UA rules tweaks that harshed on my happy.If we are lucky, for 5e WHasbrotC will license it out to a fairly good sized organization, hopefully one that consists of experienced designers that team up with the specific purpose of making 5e.  WotC was a young company with innovative staff (see<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />rimal Order) that had been prevented from making RPGs but landed neck deep in cash with the MtG craze.  They had the energy, creativity, and drive to break free of the old tropes and recast the game into something that was significantly different but still true to concept.  We can only hope the 5e licensee will have the same verve and drive to do more than pay lip service to the rewrite and the willingness to make 5e feel like D&D.</blockquote>

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