D&D 5E L&L 6/23 A Living Rule Set

[Cybit]

Or they fix a class by re-developing it and publishing it in a separate book of options.

Then you could buy or not buy based on your impression of whether it fixed anything or not.

I actually am pretty sure that is how they would go about it should a whole class be flat out broken. Probably change it in Basic (it sounds like eventually much of the game will be in Basic as time goes on) and release a "variant" in the appropriate book.

 

[Thaumaturge]

One can be hopeful and skeptical at the same time. There's no contradiction. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, eh?

I'd love to turn this thread into another language feast. But, in honor of everyone else here, I won't. I will say I disagree, but I'm ok with that. I hope you are, too.

Personally, I found this approach potentially awesome but also potentially awful. The L&L is so vague that we have literally no idea where he's drawing the lines, not even "have to buy a new book" really covers that, because, what exactly, counts there? Replacing a paragraph or significantly changing a single spell? Replacing a page? Five pages? etc...

Vague is the big issue here. That's good in that it gives them room to maneuver, but the devil could not be more in the details. Right now what they've written could result in anything from "close to 4E levels of errata, albeit more survey-driven" to "very few non-typo errata, even for things that some people consider game-breaking", and everything in-between.

And then you outline good reasons to be hopeful and...that other thing. I agree, there could be problems with the implementation. Mearls could be out on his ear in 5 months. Any number of possible, or even probable, things could happen that will endanger their plan.

I'm just going to have hope that those things don't happen.

Thaumaturge.

 

[hbarsquared]

idunno, but I tend to be a bit of an optimist. The way I interpret it...

"Minor" changes are automatucally incorporated into the free Basic D&D pdf. Typos, wording, clarifications, etc. I am more than okay with this.

There will be ongoing/yearly surveys and feedback mechanisms. For things that ate actively hurting or discouraging play, there might be larger overhauls. In this case: Basic 2016, Basic 2017, etc.

As long as Basic 2014 remains availavle, along with all veraions, I'd be pretty happy. If you buy the book next month, and that's the version you like, it will aleays be around. If you buy the PHB in 2018, but prefer some riles elements from 2014 and 2017, they are still around.

This is what I "heard.". Whether true or not, I do not know. But it seems likr a minimal effort to maintain a "Living Game" as well as not "atrong arming" those that are happy.