GreyLord
Legend
Releasing everything, even just 4 races and 4 classes in one book will not happen. 3 books make more money.
If you only release one book with all the essential rules...many who would normally buy 3 books will ONLY buy that first book. They will ignore the rest, even if the rest have other classes like Barbarian, or Druid, or Paladin...and races such as the Half-Orc.
They will consider the basic one rulebook as the core...and everything else as an add on.
Simply put, 3 books for $35 each make more than one book at $35, or even one book at $50, or even one book at $75.
I think 5e is in development, and there are feelers out there seeing what works and what doesn't.
I think Computers and internet will be an important aspect of 5e, as that's the general trend in which literature (via Kindle, and other arenas), media, and entertainment are moving. I'm not certain how much it will be a part of it however...perhaps more...or a little less than it is now.
I think there are those who want a simpler game, and there are those who want an evolved game.
We'll see where it goes. Who knows, maybe the next sacred cow to bite the dust won't be HP, but will be stats...so instead of a stat from 3-18...it will be a stat between -1 to +4 (or +5 if you are a certain race).
If you only release one book with all the essential rules...many who would normally buy 3 books will ONLY buy that first book. They will ignore the rest, even if the rest have other classes like Barbarian, or Druid, or Paladin...and races such as the Half-Orc.
They will consider the basic one rulebook as the core...and everything else as an add on.
Simply put, 3 books for $35 each make more than one book at $35, or even one book at $50, or even one book at $75.
I think 5e is in development, and there are feelers out there seeing what works and what doesn't.
I think Computers and internet will be an important aspect of 5e, as that's the general trend in which literature (via Kindle, and other arenas), media, and entertainment are moving. I'm not certain how much it will be a part of it however...perhaps more...or a little less than it is now.
I think there are those who want a simpler game, and there are those who want an evolved game.
We'll see where it goes. Who knows, maybe the next sacred cow to bite the dust won't be HP, but will be stats...so instead of a stat from 3-18...it will be a stat between -1 to +4 (or +5 if you are a certain race).