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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keith Robinson" data-source="post: 4911943" data-attributes="member: 21330">I chose nothing... and something <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Here's why:nothing can bring you back at this point...I enjoy the 3.5 ruleset and I own a lot of material for it, so I can't see myself switching to a new version any time soon, other than Pathfinder, and maybe never.  I thought the 4ed rules were ok, but nothing more than that and certainly not enough to want me to play it other than occasioanlly at Cons and Game Days.  I was also unhappy with the way WotC went about their business, trashing the skirmish game, releasing substandard minis, dumping the ogl, and telling us all how bad the 3.5 rules were, and this has had an impact on my relationship with them as a customer.  As others have said, I'm not angry with them, but neither do I feel I am part of their target audience anymore and neither do I want to be - which I guess makes it a mutual break up!release 5e (assuming you like the changes)...I would certainly take a look at 5ed and if it was absolutely fantastic then I might well consider switching to it, but it would have to be good.  Bottom line is, though, that I play the game to have fun, so if it offered me and my players more fun than we presently have, then we just might switch.  I certainly wouldn't rule it out.other (explain)...Two 'others' to add:1) Dungeon and Dragon Mags: if Dungeon and Dragon magazines returned in print format, in conjunction with a good 5ed set of rules, it would lend quite a lot of weight to a decision to switch (to 5ed) and I'd probably be very tempted.2) A new company purchases the D&D brand and introduces a new edition: removing wotc from the equation would help make my decision easier.  As unlikely as I know that is, I would like to think that a new company would breath fresh life into D&D much in the same way as WotC brought a fresh life to D&D with the release of 3ed.  The present regime seem to have built up a lot of ill will amongst a significant section of their 3ed customer base, and I think that for many people there is no going back while they control the future of the D&D brand.</blockquote>

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