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<blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 6596002" data-attributes="member: 58401">As you'll no doubt recall, they used to do just that. Every word got hung upon, and when WotC was unable to deliver on a perceived &quot;promise&quot; to the fans, they were pilloried for it.I really think 5E was a &quot;last kick at the RPG can&quot; effort by WotC. The entire brand post-release has a vibe of &quot;we aren't investing a dime in new books until we know damn well it'll be profitable enough to be sustainable&quot;. I suspect the 4E era burned WotC's budget badly enough by its end that they massively reinvented their strategy towards publishing, and now development dollars for TTRPG products are scarce until a fat enough margin can be assured.EDIT: Not to imply that 5E has been a half-assed effort. (It mostly hasn't been.) But everything after the core books has either been outsourced or in draft form, or a non-TTRPG product, which doesn't exactly make it look like WotC has much interest in gambling its own money on this stuff anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorhook, post: 6596002, member: 58401"] As you'll no doubt recall, they used to do just that. Every word got hung upon, and when WotC was unable to deliver on a perceived "promise" to the fans, they were pilloried for it. I really think 5E was a "last kick at the RPG can" effort by WotC. The entire brand post-release has a vibe of "we aren't investing a dime in new books until we know damn well it'll be profitable enough to be sustainable". I suspect the 4E era burned WotC's budget badly enough by its end that they massively reinvented their strategy towards publishing, and now development dollars for TTRPG products are scarce until a fat enough margin can be assured. EDIT: Not to imply that 5E has been a half-assed effort. (It mostly hasn't been.) But everything after the core books has either been outsourced or in draft form, or a non-TTRPG product, which doesn't exactly make it look like WotC has much interest in gambling its own money on this stuff anymore. [/QUOTE]

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