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<blockquote data-quote="gban007" data-source="post: 9454706" data-attributes="member: 56488">It is your adherence to the view that 5e means D&amp;D 5e that leads to that nonsensical declaration.If view 5e as not D&amp;D 5e, then it does make sense.&nbsp; I guess it comes down to whether considering D&amp;D 5e a brand, or an overall system. I'm more aligned with Mamba, seeing it as a brand as others (such as ToV and Level Up) can't describe their systems as D&amp;D, and so I sort of see it in a Venn diagram:Initially was jsut one circle, D&amp;5e.&nbsp; Part of that circle then became the SRD.&nbsp; Lots of other circles then emerged, having the SRD within them but no other part of D&amp;D 5e (whereas others on DMs guild may have included more) - and has now got to the point they ahve split off their own SRDs within their own circles, creating more brances with some circles not touching the D&amp;D5e SRD at all.Then it becomes a question of how do you differentiate the different parts, while also describing the entire as one thing.So if consider D&amp;D as a brand, then D&amp;D circle is D&amp;D 5e, the whole system is 5e, and the other offshoots may have own names, such as Level Up, ToV etc.2024 has created a new lot of D&amp;D 5e as such, with a reasonable overlap with the original.Otherwise how do you label it?&nbsp; Can label it all as D&amp;D, but that feels inaccurate as can't legally call a lot of the products D&amp;D, they can only reference 5e, calling it all D&amp;D 5e compatible feels weird, as means D&amp;D is D&amp;D compatable, somewhat redundant.Can label all non D&amp;D as D&amp;D compatible, but how do you then group the two together?&nbsp; that is where I'd label them all as 5e, but intentionally not labelling them all as D&amp;D 5e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gban007, post: 9454706, member: 56488"] It is your adherence to the view that 5e means D&D 5e that leads to that nonsensical declaration. If view 5e as not D&D 5e, then it does make sense. I guess it comes down to whether considering D&D 5e a brand, or an overall system. I'm more aligned with Mamba, seeing it as a brand as others (such as ToV and Level Up) can't describe their systems as D&D, and so I sort of see it in a Venn diagram: Initially was jsut one circle, D&5e. Part of that circle then became the SRD. Lots of other circles then emerged, having the SRD within them but no other part of D&D 5e (whereas others on DMs guild may have included more) - and has now got to the point they ahve split off their own SRDs within their own circles, creating more brances with some circles not touching the D&D5e SRD at all. Then it becomes a question of how do you differentiate the different parts, while also describing the entire as one thing. So if consider D&D as a brand, then D&D circle is D&D 5e, the whole system is 5e, and the other offshoots may have own names, such as Level Up, ToV etc. 2024 has created a new lot of D&D 5e as such, with a reasonable overlap with the original. Otherwise how do you label it? Can label it all as D&D, but that feels inaccurate as can't legally call a lot of the products D&D, they can only reference 5e, calling it all D&D 5e compatible feels weird, as means D&D is D&D compatable, somewhat redundant. Can label all non D&D as D&D compatible, but how do you then group the two together? that is where I'd label them all as 5e, but intentionally not labelling them all as D&D 5e. [/QUOTE]

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