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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8736616" data-attributes="member: 6988941"><p>I don't see it as no longer compatible. You could play characters created under this playtest with current 5e rules with little issue (a few things, like the musician feat, wouldn't fit quite right). If you played them alongside characters made exclusively with the 2014 PHB the only radical difference would be that they have a feat instead of a mostly useless Background Feature. If you played them alongside characters with newer, feat-giving backgrounds like those in the Strixhaven or the Dragonlance UA there would be little meaningful difference. So far a "players bring any 5e or OneD&D materials you want" game basically works. Let people swap out old Background Features for Level 1 feats and it works better.</p><p></p><p>I would call it a new edition in most contexts of the word "edition". Unfortunately D&D has a habit and history of calling almost completely incompatible games that are more like spiritual sequels new "editions", and this is not one of those.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8736616, member: 6988941"] I don't see it as no longer compatible. You could play characters created under this playtest with current 5e rules with little issue (a few things, like the musician feat, wouldn't fit quite right). If you played them alongside characters made exclusively with the 2014 PHB the only radical difference would be that they have a feat instead of a mostly useless Background Feature. If you played them alongside characters with newer, feat-giving backgrounds like those in the Strixhaven or the Dragonlance UA there would be little meaningful difference. So far a "players bring any 5e or OneD&D materials you want" game basically works. Let people swap out old Background Features for Level 1 feats and it works better. I would call it a new edition in most contexts of the word "edition". Unfortunately D&D has a habit and history of calling almost completely incompatible games that are more like spiritual sequels new "editions", and this is not one of those. [/QUOTE]
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