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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9037944" data-attributes="member: 7635">I can't believe we're still playing this same song and dance every thread...WotC is putting out an updated set of rules for fifth edition. YOU (and by you, I mean your specific playgroup) can choose to use ALL, SOME, or NONE of them. Your 2014 PHB doesn't go blank, your legacy PHB on D&D Beyond doesn't disappear. This is NO DIFFERENT than a choice to use some third-party rules (c.f. Level Up) to replace rules from the 2014 PHB. WotC wants you to know they are built on the same bones and if you want to mix things, you can. But they would like you to think the new rules will be superior and you'll just use them instead.To further spell this out:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No, they never said mixing material will be seamless, perfectly-balanced, and equally valid. They said they would work together. Again, no different than any 3pp product that claims 5e compatibility but also rewrites large swaths of character options.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yes, this is replacing options from the 2014 books. YOU (see above) have the option to use or reject those changes. If you are willing to accept their may be consequences for using the original Sharpshooter feat or Twin Spell, you are still free to do so.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yes, you will have to choose which version of a rule you are using, original or updated. Some of them can co-exist together, some will not.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yes, most of the stuff made between 2014 and 2023 will work with the new books. No, not all it will be 100% compatible. Subclasses in particular might have issues. That is the tradeoff between making updated rules and keeping compatibility; sometimes you can't get everything to line up. What they really want to do is allow you to still use Rising from the Last War, play Curse of the Dragon Queen, or pick spells from Xanathar's Guide to Everything.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Likewise, they want you to be able to buy an upcoming module or setting book and it will work with the older books IF that is the route you go. Again, not 100% perfect, but enough.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They have not promised that every DM (be it home or AL) will have to honor using 2014 material.</li> </ul>I feel this debate has turned into a purely semantic debate that hinges on what the definition of "is" is. A rhetorical game to catch WotC in a lie to PROVE they are making an incompatible sixth edition and HOW DARE THEY! It's tiring. I get WotC has pulled some dumbass maneuvers in the not too distant past and deserves scrutiny, but litigating every utterance to show how all they want to do is screw over their fans is exhausting. I will be honest; it has burned me out more than a little bit. Especially discussing it on this forum.</blockquote>

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