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<blockquote data-quote="Mirrorrorrim" data-source="post: 9249113" data-attributes="member: 7040132">In Hasbro and Wizards, there is no &quot;corporate&quot; non-human entity with absolute power. There were actual people who were behind those efforts, who made those decisions without input from other internal teams and the public. Even if they have the same level of influence/power in 2024, they won't be able to just make the same decisions in a vacuum like 2023 didn't happen. Saying &quot;they can just do it again&quot; sounds... like a disconnect.Regarding the second comment I quoted, in my opinion, there is no one in the world who could successfully claim to make a 6th edition of D&amp;D if they didn't own it. Paizo and ENWorld wouldn't do it as they already have their own popular efforts and don't need to distract their message and marketing. If anyone tried, they'd be laughed out of the room for their audacity. Heck Privateer Press tried to claim that they were the inheritors of real 5E when they spun up early ToV. That went over like a lead balloon with me, at least. Every other game designer is either making compatible clones for business purposes, or is passionate about doing their own thing.In order for a product to be seen as the spiritual successor to D&amp;D, and be considered the 6th edition of the game, the community would have to designate it such. And that would not happen unless D&amp;D was no longer supported, and there was a third-party edition war to become the new top dog. Most third parties wouldn't allow another third party to claim the throne, uncontested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mirrorrorrim, post: 9249113, member: 7040132"] In Hasbro and Wizards, there is no "corporate" non-human entity with absolute power. There were actual people who were behind those efforts, who made those decisions without input from other internal teams and the public. Even if they have the same level of influence/power in 2024, they won't be able to just make the same decisions in a vacuum like 2023 didn't happen. Saying "they can just do it again" sounds... like a disconnect. Regarding the second comment I quoted, in my opinion, there is no one in the world who could successfully claim to make a 6th edition of D&D if they didn't own it. Paizo and ENWorld wouldn't do it as they already have their own popular efforts and don't need to distract their message and marketing. If anyone tried, they'd be laughed out of the room for their audacity. Heck Privateer Press tried to claim that they were the inheritors of real 5E when they spun up early ToV. That went over like a lead balloon with me, at least. Every other game designer is either making compatible clones for business purposes, or is passionate about doing their own thing. In order for a product to be seen as the spiritual successor to D&D, and be considered the 6th edition of the game, the community would have to designate it such. And that would not happen unless D&D was no longer supported, and there was a third-party edition war to become the new top dog. Most third parties wouldn't allow another third party to claim the throne, uncontested. [/QUOTE]

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