D&D 5E (2024) Is the 2024 rules update a new edition? Argue about it here (not everywhere else)!

[CleverNickName]

Don't forget 4-ons vs 3-tards fights that started hours before 4e was announced.

We didn't even have confirmation on the new edition and the war had begun.

Remember this gem?

Edition War Flowchart

Everyone loves a good Edition War thread. Right? Yeah, I didn't think so. So here you go: the Edition War Flowchart! Next time you start or join an edition war thread, follow along with this handy flowchart.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I remember the days when this forum was ablaze and long-time online friendships threatened over the very important issue of whether or not dragonborn should have things that looked like breasts.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I joined this board back in the 4e days and it was horrible until the mods cracked down on the fighting, right now it seems to be like the wild west again, but I assume they will crack down again.

With the slow release speed of 5e content the board had to fill the void of rules discussions with fighting about even stupider things.

At least that's my interpretation.

 

[overgeeked]

Yes, and…

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The #1 rule of the internet: you either absolutely love something with every fiber of your being or you hate it with the fury of a thousand white hot suns. There is no in between.

That rule is fine, but I feel like we could do better.

 

[Parmandur]

yeah, before I came back here to try to see what people thought of the playtest I didn't think anyone was taking the 'no such thing as edition any more' thing seriously at all

Well, if by edition you mean a new printing with some rules changes, then sure, but what they are signaling is that it is not a new game which WotC has used Edition to mean. The modern D&D game is Evergreen, and radical rule overhaul aren't part of the business plan anymore.

 

[Vaalingrade]

It'll be what Wizards of the Coast decide to call it. If they print new books with a new edition number on the cover, it will be a new edition.

That doesn't seem to be their plan, however. All of the information we have gotten from WotC suggests it will be printed with "5E Compatible" on the cover, and no other mention of game editions. There is a lot of talk about a 'new edition of D&D' but it's not coming from Wizards of the Coast.

Absolutely none of that matters if we're not moved. Recall that they resisted calling it 5e for a very long time in anything but fine print.

 

[OldSchoolGamerGirl]

Well, if by edition you mean a new printing with some rules changes, then sure, but what they are signaling is that it is not a new game which WotC has used Edition to mean. The modern D&D game is Evergreen, and radical rule overhaul aren't part of the business plan anymore.

if the game was ever green we wouldn't be changing it up so much 10 years later. I mean if in your mind you don't see it, that's okay, but I just can't wrap my head around the thought that evergreen means the samething as edition change

 

[Vaalingrade]

• Purple Wyvern Adept

Pretty sure it was Golden, but this was the Dolorous Stroke in D&D's side that it still hasn't recovered from.

 

[mamba]

it may not be given a new number but I think we will have to call it one or else how will we be able to know what rules to be talking about?

we will distinguish between 5e 2014 and 2024, sure. I am not sure we will do so by calling one of them 5.5