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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5773205" data-attributes="member: 64209">I can use my 3e, 3.5, and Pathfinder books together pretty easily. I switched to Pathfinder because of this (I have a TON of old books and want new books I buy to be usable with them).&nbsp;If 5e allows me to use my 3e books easily (or 4e books if I want to play that style of D&amp;D instead) then it will be wonderful, and I'll be buying it (and maybe FINALLY running Ptolus).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4e was a new edition, and was significantly different from 3e because the 3e market was saturated, somewhat done, and to make money they needed a reboot.&nbsp;I don't think this is the same reasoning with 5e. I think they're trying to expand their market rather than simply change things up enough that people will buy all new versions of their old books (including Dark Sun, the cores, the splats, etc).&nbsp;&nbsp;To the OP: you might want to wait and see. If they really do a great job making 5e as inclusive as they seem to be attempting, you might be able to use your old books with it as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 5773205, member: 64209"] I can use my 3e, 3.5, and Pathfinder books together pretty easily. I switched to Pathfinder because of this (I have a TON of old books and want new books I buy to be usable with them). If 5e allows me to use my 3e books easily (or 4e books if I want to play that style of D&D instead) then it will be wonderful, and I'll be buying it (and maybe FINALLY running Ptolus). 4e was a new edition, and was significantly different from 3e because the 3e market was saturated, somewhat done, and to make money they needed a reboot. I don't think this is the same reasoning with 5e. I think they're trying to expand their market rather than simply change things up enough that people will buy all new versions of their old books (including Dark Sun, the cores, the splats, etc). To the OP: you might want to wait and see. If they really do a great job making 5e as inclusive as they seem to be attempting, you might be able to use your old books with it as well. [/QUOTE]

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