D&D (2024) Is 5th edition too big for there to be a 6th edition?

[Jer]

Well, the binder sucked. I'll give you that. I'm talking about the actual hardback monster manual.

That was like 5 years later, wasn't it? By that point I'd moved, so I dunno if they ever came around to playing 2e or not. The objection to a whole page of "useless" info for a monster would still have been there for the book, though, so I suspect that unless they'd had a major shift in what they thought about the game (possible - I know I have had a number of them over the years) I think they'd have had the same objections.

 

[darjr]

As far as WotC willing to put money into D&D they just hired a “Lore Researcher”. And I think they are hiring software folks. Infrastructure kind of software folks.

 

[Ancalagon]

In no way, in no interpretation of that thread by any reasoned, rational way, is "modular" part of what he's talking about when he says 5e is vaporware. Let's not give him any false defense - he's definitely, unquestionable NOT talking about the nature of the game. He is saying literally 5e would not happen. And then when it did happen, he's saying it was being run on a skeleton crew to barely keep it alive by just publishing the game with no support at all just to get something out there as a sort of placeholder to maintain their rights. So yes, let's be fair, and hold him accountable for what he actually said rather than what we can imagine to spin it as.

Why should we bother "holding someone to account " for some post made 7 years ago on some forum about some make believe game?

 

[Mistwell]

Why should we bother "holding someone to account " for some post made 7 years ago on some forum about some make believe game?

We shouldn't. I am not actually saying anything to him. I posted it as a joke, and was just surprised to see what looked like a defense of his position so decided to respond to it. But yeah, don't hold anyone accountable for something as silly as that. It's, as you imply, not important.

 

[Retreater]

Pathfinder is not gritty; it's very much high fantasy.

I would say that Paizo has had more "mature" content than WotC's D&D (in its current edition). Runelords alone is more gory, violent, and disturbing than even D&D's horror-themed campaign adventure.
Then look at this monster, which is basically a rape demon. Yeah, Pathfinder is gritty.

Drakainia – d20PFSRD

www.d20pfsrd.com

 

[Ancalagon]

We shouldn't. I am not actually saying anything to him. I posted it as a joke, and was just surprised to see what looked like a defense of his position so decided to respond to it. But yeah, don't hold anyone accountable for something as silly as that. It's, as you imply, not important.

The fact that you quoted that 7 year old post... must have made an impression on you ha.

 

[Mistwell]

The fact that you quoted that 7 year old post... must have made an impression on you ha.

It'a that he continues that same position to today. All these years.

 

[darjr]

5e is a hoax! Ha!

 

[cmad1977]

The fact that you quoted that 7 year old post... must have made an impression on you ha.

When a person sees something so... incredibly... dumb, it makes an impression.

 

[Dausuul]

It is certainly too big for them to rush 6E. I expect that it will come in the mid-2020s, and it will be designed to be as backwards compatible as possible. In fact, my guess is that they will introduce a "variant PHB" or something like it, designed to replace the PHB while remaining 100% compatible with everything else. Kind of a stealth 6E.