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<blockquote data-quote="mechascorpio" data-source="post: 6314653" data-attributes="member: 68644">I was the one who asked about &quot;Basic D&amp;D as a living document&quot;, and there was really nothing about Mike's answer that indicated that the rules would be in a constant state of flux, or that we'd find ourselves tracking things like &quot;D&amp;D 5.01, 5.54...&quot; and so on. Their approach (as I perceived it in his answer) was that they simply wanted to keep the dialogue going between the team and the audience in a fashion similar to the playtest period, and that would help guide future development and priorities. They hope errata will be small and infrequent, and they talked about the steps they'd taken to help ensure that. I got the impression that future changes will be incorporated into Basic D&amp;D and future printings of books, but should a bigger issue arise, we would help determine how to address it.I think he cited a theoretical example of a subclass that, after a year of real world play, doesn't live up to expectations, they are a) going to know that based on the ongoing conversation, and b) let the audience help determine how best to fix it, through surveys, playtest, and so on. He certainly didn't say this, but I really got the impression that they were working towards a goal of making the basic core of this edition last for a very long time (forever?), light updates through subsequent and infrequent reprints, and focusing more on developing new enhancements, styles and platforms for the game over the long run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mechascorpio, post: 6314653, member: 68644"] I was the one who asked about "Basic D&D as a living document", and there was really nothing about Mike's answer that indicated that the rules would be in a constant state of flux, or that we'd find ourselves tracking things like "D&D 5.01, 5.54..." and so on. Their approach (as I perceived it in his answer) was that they simply wanted to keep the dialogue going between the team and the audience in a fashion similar to the playtest period, and that would help guide future development and priorities. They hope errata will be small and infrequent, and they talked about the steps they'd taken to help ensure that. I got the impression that future changes will be incorporated into Basic D&D and future printings of books, but should a bigger issue arise, we would help determine how to address it. I think he cited a theoretical example of a subclass that, after a year of real world play, doesn't live up to expectations, they are a) going to know that based on the ongoing conversation, and b) let the audience help determine how best to fix it, through surveys, playtest, and so on. He certainly didn't say this, but I really got the impression that they were working towards a goal of making the basic core of this edition last for a very long time (forever?), light updates through subsequent and infrequent reprints, and focusing more on developing new enhancements, styles and platforms for the game over the long run. [/QUOTE]

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