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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4555619" data-attributes="member: 59506">How would I do 5th Edition D&D?I wouldn't even begin to speculate on what form the mechanics would take for a new edition.  I think that with time (couple of years or more), we'll have a better idea of what 4E machanics work for players and which ones don't.  Until then, I wouldn't even attempt to predict where the general preferences of the customer base will lean. Some may not feel their will ever be a 5th edtion, or a need for a 5th edition.  My thoughts are that there will be a 5th edition, but only when it becomes economically feasible, warranted, and needed from a business perspective (WoTC perspective).  In other words, when 4E sales have declined to the point where they need a 5th edition to generate new revenue. So, with the impetus for a new edition being market driven, and my reticence to make specific predictions on the future mechanics of said system, the only predictions I'd make would be this: 5th edition will return to the Open Gaming concept; and although I don't know which ones will be preferred, the majority of mechanics will be culled from all editions (rather than making all new, ground up mechanics). For multiple reasons, I think going back to the Open Gaming concept for the next edition would be the only way to make it sellable.  It would give the appearance of openess after a more restrictive model, and it would breathe new blood and energy back into the game from 3pp and gamer feedback (assuming that this occurs as 4E is winding down). Now, 6th Edition<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" />, in 15 to 20 years<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, will return to a more restrictive licensing model like we see now.  5E will give WoTC (or whoever else may own the property by then) all the feedback they need for 6th edition, leaving a system that doesn't need to be as open.  Now, someone else re-type this thread into a poetic, prophetic form - print it out - and put it in a time capsule for 10 years from now.  Might be interesting to read then.  signed NostraDMus<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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