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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9679939" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Yes we were told that, at least twice in interviews with JC and one of their other guys and to be clear the message was they are compatible and this is how to use the new rules with the old.Back in August-September 2024 when it was being rolled out this is what they said and that is what I listened to.&nbsp; I don't know what they said at other times before or since.On this I would agree.&nbsp; They did not put it in the book and should have (or if they did I can't find it).&nbsp; By the same token though the new PHB doesn't say the two versions are compatible either.&nbsp; It gives a few examples of how to use old material, but to my knowledge makes no claim about broad compatibility.&nbsp; We are going by WOTC statements on that I think.Edit:&nbsp; Here is Crawford's statement on this:“So the classes, subclasses, feats, species backgrounds, and all the rest that you have in the new Player’s Handbook, you can use with any similar elements that appear in other books as long as it’s not the same thing,” Crawford said. “If a subclass appears in the 2024 rules and you’re making a 2024 character, you can’t use the 2014 version of that subclass. Same with feats, same with species, and any other element that basically as soon as it appears in its new form, that new form replaces the old form.”[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-backwards-compatibility-2024-players-handbook/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9679939, member: 7030563"] Yes we were told that, at least twice in interviews with JC and one of their other guys and to be clear the message was[I] they are compatible and this is how to use the new rules with the old.[/I] Back in August-September 2024 when it was being rolled out this is what they said and that is what I listened to. I don't know what they said at other times before or since. On this I would agree. They did not put it in the book and should have (or if they did I can't find it). By the same token though the new PHB doesn't say the two versions are compatible either. It gives a few examples of how to use old material, but to my knowledge makes no claim about broad compatibility. We are going by WOTC statements on that I think. Edit: Here is Crawford's statement on this: [I]“So the classes, subclasses, feats, species backgrounds, and all the rest that you have in the new Player’s Handbook, you can use with any similar elements that appear in other books [U]as long as it’s not the same thing,[/U]” Crawford said. “[U]If a subclass appears in the 2024 rules and you’re making a 2024 character, you can’t use the 2014 version of that subclass. Same with feats, same with species, and any other element that basically as soon as it appears in its new form, that new form replaces the old form.[/U]”[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-backwards-compatibility-2024-players-handbook/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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