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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9450344" data-attributes="member: 7006">As I said above... Pathfinder was the exception that proves the rule.&nbsp; So many disparate things happened that allowed Pathfinder to not only come into being but also flourish, that I don't believe anyone actually thinks that will ever happen again.Look, if you honestly think that people are going to stick with variant 5E rules if/when WotC actually produces an eventual 6E (which has been my point in all of this)... you certainly can do so.&nbsp; I myself would not take that bet however.It is my personal belief that D&amp;D 5E14, D&amp;D 5E24, Level Up, Tales of the Valiant, and all the other books (for players, DMs and all manner of monster book) built upon the D&amp;D 5E engine will find their audiences fall off a cliff if/when a 6E comes into being because their success and popularity is due directly to WotC's D&amp;D 5E's success and popularity.&nbsp; Everyone making their bones off of WotC's base game will see that well dry up once most players have the new game to buy.&nbsp; But that's the risk they take by following in WotC's wake.&nbsp; They can make their money while the 5E game in all its permutations has its followers and popularity... and have to deal with the consequences if/when those followers and popularity go away.&nbsp; And hopefully they have now prepared for that.If you believe otherwise... that's fine.&nbsp; Hopefully there will be pockets of players still playing 5E variants while everyone else has moved on to 6E.&nbsp; But if our 4E players here on the boards are any indication... those pockets of players playing an older game can be few and far between, and we have had plenty of them telling us they can't get 4E games going whatsoever.&nbsp; So let's hope history doesn't repeat itself when 6E comes around.But then again... knock on wood that'll be a question most of us will not actually have to worry about any time soon, because for all we know this 5E24 &quot;keep the game evergreen&quot; strategy might actually work.&nbsp; And thus D&amp;D 5E (and all the other 5Es out there) won't have to see what a 6E would do to their market share any time soon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9450344, member: 7006"] As I said above... Pathfinder was the exception that proves the rule. So many disparate things happened that allowed Pathfinder to not only come into being but also flourish, that I don't believe anyone actually thinks that will ever happen again. Look, if you honestly think that people are going to stick with variant 5E rules if/when WotC actually produces an eventual 6E (which has been my point in all of this)... you certainly can do so. I myself would not take that bet however. It is my personal belief that D&D 5E14, D&D 5E24, Level Up, Tales of the Valiant, and all the other books (for players, DMs and all manner of monster book) built upon the D&D 5E engine will find their audiences fall off a cliff if/when a 6E comes into being because their success and popularity is due directly to WotC's D&D 5E's success and popularity. Everyone making their bones off of WotC's base game will see that well dry up once most players have the new game to buy. But that's the risk they take by following in WotC's wake. They can make their money while the 5E game in all its permutations has its followers and popularity... and have to deal with the consequences if/when those followers and popularity go away. And hopefully they have now prepared for that. If you believe otherwise... that's fine. Hopefully there will be pockets of players still playing 5E variants while everyone else has moved on to 6E. But if our 4E players here on the boards are any indication... those pockets of players playing an older game can be few and far between, and we have had plenty of them telling us they can't get 4E games going whatsoever. So let's hope history doesn't repeat itself when 6E comes around. But then again... knock on wood that'll be a question most of us will not actually have to worry about any time soon, because for all we know this 5E24 "keep the game evergreen" strategy might actually work. And thus D&D 5E (and all the other 5Es out there) won't have to see what a 6E would do to their market share any time soon. [/QUOTE]

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