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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5687591" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>Encounter, adventure, etc.&nbsp; What's missing?&nbsp; A DM designs a setting.&nbsp; (Even if he buys the framework for one and makes it his own.)&nbsp;&nbsp; They're done looking at old D&amp;D and looking toward the future but they need to take one last look and think about the bigger picture of what a DM brings to the table in terms of setting.&nbsp; It might be that it is tough to do when so much of the business model relies on book after book of rules upon rules and newer and newer system unbalancing character options and additional classes.&nbsp; I'd love to see the future of D&amp;D be simpler core rules with tons of adventure and setting support, year one, then year two, do the same thing for a modern verion.&nbsp; Year three?&nbsp; Do a future version.&nbsp; Continue to support the fantasy version and the modern version even as you come out the the future material.&nbsp; Then year four, go back around to the fantasy version but come out with a whole new setting to support the newer, upgraded fantasy version.&nbsp; And no throwing the baby out with the bathwater each edition.&nbsp; Keep it backwards compatible, for realsies.&nbsp; I don't think people would mind a new edition every three years if it was a simple reasonably-priced core set and lots of support that would still be 95% usable with the next edition (so all you need to replace is the core, and the new setting just gets a treatment that entices rather than forces you to continue buying more books).&nbsp; Anyway, that's my solution.&nbsp; Let's see what they come up with next.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 5687591, member: 10479"] Encounter, adventure, etc. What's missing? A DM designs a setting. (Even if he buys the framework for one and makes it his own.) They're done looking at old D&D and looking toward the future but they need to take one last look and think about the bigger picture of what a DM brings to the table in terms of setting. It might be that it is tough to do when so much of the business model relies on book after book of rules upon rules and newer and newer system unbalancing character options and additional classes. I'd love to see the future of D&D be simpler core rules with tons of adventure and setting support, year one, then year two, do the same thing for a modern verion. Year three? Do a future version. Continue to support the fantasy version and the modern version even as you come out the the future material. Then year four, go back around to the fantasy version but come out with a whole new setting to support the newer, upgraded fantasy version. And no throwing the baby out with the bathwater each edition. Keep it backwards compatible, for realsies. I don't think people would mind a new edition every three years if it was a simple reasonably-priced core set and lots of support that would still be 95% usable with the next edition (so all you need to replace is the core, and the new setting just gets a treatment that entices rather than forces you to continue buying more books). Anyway, that's my solution. Let's see what they come up with next. [/QUOTE]

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