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<blockquote data-quote="halfling rogue" data-source="post: 8735704" data-attributes="member: 6779182">I mean, in some sense, no it doesn't, though I'm sure from a business pov it absolutely matters. At this point it's no biggie, especially with the high compatibility, but at some point it's an integrity issue. The rules can't forever evolve with the expectation of eternal compatibility (even if that really were an achievable goal it's not likely a profitable one). And if they don't distinguish when there are truly distinguishable features then the fanbase will. I guess it seems a little disingenuous to me because I think from a business perspective an 'editionless' game is never profitable. I really feel the only reason they aren't branding this as something beyond 5e is because 5e is a cash cow and they don't want any rebranding to mess with the flow. And if that's the leading factor then it's not hard to visualize a future (that, face it, is already here) where you wind up having unofficial mini editions of One D&amp;D (2014 PHB vs Tasha vs 2024, etc). I think of it a little like a movie studio saying from now on every Spiderman henceforth is Spiderman 5 and will be called One Spiderman. I'm like, wut.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="halfling rogue, post: 8735704, member: 6779182"] I mean, in some sense, no it doesn't, though I'm sure from a business pov it absolutely matters. At this point it's no biggie, especially with the high compatibility, but at some point it's an integrity issue. The rules can't forever evolve with the expectation of eternal compatibility (even if that really were an achievable goal it's not likely a profitable one). And if they don't distinguish when there are truly distinguishable features then the fanbase will. I guess it seems a little disingenuous to me because I think from a business perspective an 'editionless' game is never profitable. I really feel the only reason they aren't branding this as something beyond 5e is because 5e is a cash cow and they don't want any rebranding to mess with the flow. And if that's the leading factor then it's not hard to visualize a future (that, face it, is already here) where you wind up having unofficial mini editions of One D&D (2014 PHB vs Tasha vs 2024, etc). I think of it a little like a movie studio saying from now on every Spiderman henceforth is Spiderman 5 and will be called One Spiderman. I'm like, wut. [/QUOTE]

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