D&D 5E Is D&D Next a translation of the 5th iteration of Pluffet Smedger's proto-rpg?

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For a campaign setting I could see a similar motif working. For the core books, I don't think so.

For me, it really has more to do with Zagig Yragerne and Pluffet Smedger than anything else. Those were Gary's noms de plume. I would find it more than a bit akin to signing his name to my own work. Not cool.

Smedger would only the author of OS&S and AS&S 1e.

The Second Edition of AS&S would be by an Oerth alter-ego of Zeb Cook.

The Third Edition of S&S would be authored by alter-egos of Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.

S&S 4e would be by alter-egos of Mike Mearls, etc.

The Oerthian S&S game might be called a different name in each of the different worlds. It might have been designed by a different historic personage in each world (such as Astinus in Krynn).