D&D 5E [Merged] D&D Next/5E Release Schedule Threads

[Gilwen]

Sounds like an SRD.

Sounds more like a set of fast play rules like other companies produce but I hope you are right!

 

[DMZ2112]

Post redacted. The point has been adequately made.

 

[GSHamster]

One thing about the price. WotC may be giving out a higher-than-normal MSRP in order to give the stores more room for discounting.

Note that no one is actually selling the books for $50. The "real" or street price is $40 so far. Maybe a local store will have room to sell the books at $45, and they can advertise it as a 10% discount. It could be that there is some psychological difference between getting a discount (MSRP $50) vs not getting a discount (MSRP $45) that could boost the local stores.

 

[Dausuul]

I'm not surprised they picked "no edition number." Mearls has suggested that he'd like to see this edition be more stable than previous ones, which I take to mean they're planning for a longer lifespan. And if the goal is to turn the tabletop RPG into the centerpiece of a multimedia brand, adding an edition number would just confuse things.

It would be kind of nice, though, if there were some kind of easy identifier one could point to that distinguishes the current edition from previous ones. Maybe that's what the red "Dungeons & Dragons" banner is about. It's not terribly prominent on the cover, but it's pretty distinctive on the spine.

 

[sunshadow21]

I'm not surprised they picked "no edition number." Mearls has suggested that he'd like to see this edition be more stable than previous ones, which I take to mean they're planning for a longer lifespan. And if the goal is to turn the tabletop RPG into the centerpiece of a multimedia brand, adding an edition number would just confuse things.

It would be kind of nice, though, if there were some kind of easy identifier one could point to that distinguishes the current edition from previous ones. Maybe that's what the red "Dungeons & Dragons" banner is about. It's not terribly prominent on the cover, but it's pretty distinctive on the spine.

It will probably end up being called 5th edition whether or not it's the official moniker. Stores and and online merchants will have to have some way to differentiate it when people start looking for it, so it will definitely receive some kind of semi-official moniker, and 5th edition makes the most sense. The fact that it's not on the cover doesn't particularly surprise me, and it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't even on the title page, but even WotC will need something to clarify which edition they are talking about when they go to sell it alongside earlier editions.

 

[Dausuul]

It will probably end up being called 5th edition whether or not it's the official moniker. Stores and and online merchants will have to have some way to differentiate it when people start looking for it, so it will definitely receive some kind of semi-official moniker, and 5th edition makes the most sense. The fact that it's not on the cover doesn't particularly surprise me, and it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't even on the title page, but even WotC will need something to clarify which edition they are talking about when they go to sell it alongside earlier editions.

Oh, certainly everyone will refer to it as 5E, including Wizards whenever they need to distinguish "this edition we got now" from "them editions we had then." I was talking about the book covers.

 

[bogmad]

I'd be willing to put money on a character builder or quick character rules that they're going to start hyping the %#*^ out of
if I were a betting man...

"Never played D&D? Make a character for free right now. Join a game tomorrow and see what you've been missing out on"

 

[Thaumaturge]

Some new articles and info:

io9: Everything you need to know about the Dungeons & Dragons relaunch.

From Mearls' twitter:
*(in response to are the warforged in 5e?) "Not in PH, but in DMG"

*(in response to "@mikemearls [MENTION=44305]da[/MENTION]ckeStaffan a complete campaign even if we don't buy the modules?") "Correct."

*(in response to "@mikemearls How long until we hear about what kind of license and software options that will be availible?") "@khersheyjr It'll be a bit - we want to make sure that when we announce something, we have something to show"

Thaumaturge.

 

[GravyFingerz]

EDIT: Ahhhh was ninja'd by Thaumaturge. By several hours.

 

[fjw70]

Interesting that the warforged will be in the DMG. So it is confirmed that the DMG will have additional races (at least one but most likely more).