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<blockquote data-quote="Mirrorrorrim" data-source="post: 8999169" data-attributes="member: 7040132">First, people don't agree what &quot;Edition&quot; means. It is 100% subjective. Some people say there have been 20+ editions of D&amp;D. By continuing to use the word Edition, they would be using an outdated, subjective concept that means different things to different people, and by its very nature cannot deliver a unified vision of what the 2024 ruleset is intended to achieve.Second, the word &quot;Edition&quot; is failed marketing jargon that feeds the toxic edition wars, and needs to be left in the trash heap of history. The &quot;new books&quot; or the &quot;2024 books&quot; or the &quot;Anniversary printing&quot; all would be fine and in tune with Wizards messaging as it is currently. In common parlance, the public can just use the one syllable word &quot;New&quot; rather than &quot;Edition.&quot; Example below:&quot;We're using the &quot;new&quot; books for this 5E campaign, but if you want to use the &quot;old&quot; Druid, you're welcome to. Just remember that it works differently than Jenny's Druid in the last campaign and you may have to do a bunch of Monster Manual research (or look online for others who have done the work.). It's ok that they play different, just consider it like a different Circle/subclass variation. If there is a specific spell you want to use the old way, talk to me. Some I may be ok with, but some have gotten errata that works better for my campaign, and I'll be sticking with the new version.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mirrorrorrim, post: 8999169, member: 7040132"] First, people don't agree what "Edition" means. It is 100% subjective. Some people say there have been 20+ editions of D&D. By continuing to use the word Edition, they would be using an outdated, subjective concept that means different things to different people, and by its very nature cannot deliver a unified vision of what the 2024 ruleset is intended to achieve. Second, the word "Edition" is failed marketing jargon that feeds the toxic edition wars, and needs to be left in the trash heap of history. The "new books" or the "2024 books" or the "Anniversary printing" all would be fine and in tune with Wizards messaging as it is currently. In common parlance, the public can just use the one syllable word "New" rather than "Edition." Example below: "We're using the "new" books for this 5E campaign, but if you want to use the "old" Druid, you're welcome to. Just remember that it works differently than Jenny's Druid in the last campaign and you may have to do a bunch of Monster Manual research (or look online for others who have done the work.). It's ok that they play different, just consider it like a different Circle/subclass variation. If there is a specific spell you want to use the old way, talk to me. Some I may be ok with, but some have gotten errata that works better for my campaign, and I'll be sticking with the new version." [/QUOTE]

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