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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9064546" data-attributes="member: 12731">They're absolutely permitted to. Instead, what this is about is WotC choosing to listen to protests.Why would they want to do that? And the answer is because they have no intention to make any controversial changes.Every time WotC realizes the only way to move the franchise further is to make controversial changes (i.e. a truly new edition), they choose to not listen to the fans beforehand. (That is, there were no way playtesters could "not permit" WotC to change a rule for 1E or 2E or 3E or 4E or 5E and there won't be for 6E)That should be a hint that this thing is only going to rehash the existing edition just like 3.5 and 4E Essentials did (to motivate a new purchase) but save any actual fixes for the actual next edition.WotC could easily have presented fans with a new rule, and only allowed them to bicker about exactly how that new rule should be implemented, without having "not do the new rule at all" as an option. If the fans didn't permit WotC to change stuff, it is only because WotC decided to give the fans that power. Listening to fans is a sure-fire way of having an excuse to not do anything that actually changes stuff.Hope that helps</blockquote>