D&D 5E Have You Started Planning How You Will End 5e Yet?

[aco175]

I'm not sure how well that would work - the subclass features don't show u p at the same level in the old vs the new phb.

Kind of what I'm thinking. Right now, I'm thinking I do not want to cross streams with the editions. If a player wants to play a PC 5e then fine, we can continue as normal. If another player wants to play a 5.5e then fine go ahead, we can all play along since they are supposed to be compatible.

The problem I see is when one wants to take a new background feat from the new edition and add it to the class of the old edition and then use the spell from the old edition along with this new spell. I'm thinking that my players cannot cherry pick from both and need to pick one.

 

[Retreater]

Someone isn't heavily invested in Dwarven Forge...

Fortunately, I don't cover minis, dice, terrain, my gaming table, etc, in the cost of 5e. That's all system agnostic and I'll be using them for years to come.
But don't get me wrong - I have invested a lot in 5e's optional books (as well as those of previous editions and other systems). Still, I don't hold that against the designers wanting to update their system.
In fact, most of my commentary has been that I'd prefer to see what outlandish new ideas could really shake up 5e to have dynamic, new ways of playing the game.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Kind of what I'm thinking. Right now, I'm thinking I do not want to cross streams with the editions. If a player wants to play a PC 5e then fine, we can continue as normal. If another player wants to play a 5.5e then fine go ahead, we can all play along since they are supposed to be compatible.

The problem I see is when one wants to take a new background feat from the new edition and add it to the class of the old edition and then use the spell from the old edition along with this new spell. I'm thinking that my players cannot cherry pick from both and need to pick one.

You're supposed to pick one. The two sets of corebooks are not designed to work together.

 

[TwoSix]

Kind of what I'm thinking. Right now, I'm thinking I do not want to cross streams with the editions. If a player wants to play a PC 5e then fine, we can continue as normal. If another player wants to play a 5.5e then fine go ahead, we can all play along since they are supposed to be compatible.

The problem I see is when one wants to take a new background feat from the new edition and add it to the class of the old edition and then use the spell from the old edition along with this new spell. I'm thinking that my players cannot cherry pick from both and need to pick one.

I am curious to see how they'll handle moving the subclass levels around, my assumption is they'll have some sort of sidebar explaining how to use a XGtE or TCoE subclass with the new class format.

My current plan is to simply let anyone who wants to use a new class format with people who want to use the old class formats, and we'll decide between old and new version of feats and spells on a case-by-case basis. 5e is too loosely balanced in general for me to get overly precious about a few feats and spells here and there.

 

[Retreater]

I thought this would be an interesting topic to explore again in light of the recent developments...

If you are planning to end 5e, are you wrapping up your campaigns elegantly or ripping it off like a bandage?

 

[Ondath]

I already have two ongoing 5E games that are nearing their ends. One is a universe-hopping campaign that's been going on for 3 years, and its consequences form the foundations of my future homebrew world. It'll probably end around Level 18, so the players will get just a taste of the endgame.

A second campaign is a mini-campaign that takes up from a Level 1-18 game I held 3 years ago, and it'll end with a multiverse-ending battle against Vecna (and every variation of a Lich God combined). That'll scratch my itch to see Level 20, apocalypse-level stuff, so I'm happy with that.

After that? I'll definitely drop 5E. What I'll take up after that is up in the air, but it'll most likely be Level Up.

 

[Zardnaar]

Probably keep playing until it fizz's out. Not buying anything from WotC until further developments.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I going to keep going as is.

 

[Azzy]

I kept playing 3.3 when 4e came out (and never switched to Pathfinder). I'll keep playing 5e (though I won't buy any more products from WotC) in addition to other RPGs.

 

[ngenius]

I have over ten years of campaign material, and that is just official books from Wizards of the Coast.
Then I have many third party publisher books, including many from Kobold Press. So I can keep playing 5th Edition for ten or twenty more years without purchasing anything new. I am not the target audience.

 

[fjw70]

Not sure I am moving on from 5e. I might depending on the OGL and how I like OneD&D. If not I am fine sticking with 5e. I still have lots of D&D stuff I want to do And it can be done in any edition.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I really had no intention of moving to 5.5 in full, ever.

We are hitting our stride with 5e. Playing more…

If I do anything or play anything on the side, castles and crusades had caught my eye. Maybe it and 5e will be my options.

I have some more minis to buy, but not many. Spent 1000s. Probably want orcus and then done there. I need to USE all of the stuff I already have!

No desire to replace mordenkainens. No desire for radiant citadel or strixhaven. Think I am good as is.

If I want simpler or different, will go maybe with C&C?

 

[S'mon]

I have a bunch of campaigns going that use 5e rules with OSR material, those will continue.

My feeling is, I like the 5e game released in 2014 (+ XGTE) and would like to continue to play and GM it. While I won't want to support WoTC financially moving forward, I don't want to cut off my nose to spite my face. I do think in the medium-long term, if 5e is a 'dead' game, I'm likely to be GMing more of other game systems, eg I really like Mini-Six (derived from West End's D6 System, Star Wars et al) and there should be a new edition coming out soon. Also interested in BRP/Runequest, maybe some others. But I like using published 'D&D/OSR style' adventures. Luckily I have more than a lifetime's worth of such on DTRPG - recently all downloaded, just in case! I even have Castle Whiterock bought cheap from the last time OGL games were going away in 2008.

 

[wedgeski]

It's possible that my campaign finale and the new edition will align quite well--assuming no TPK's on one side or delays on the other. That said, none of us feels a strong need to flip to the new edition just because it has been released. It's all a little far away to plan, tbh.

 

[delericho]

If you are planning to end 5e, are you wrapping up your campaigns elegantly or ripping it off like a bandage?

We'll bring it to a natural end - either the planned ending of the campaign, some crazy diversion the PCs end up taking, or a TPK. No reason to suffer pointlessly.