D&D General The Double-Edged Sword: Is The New D&D Edition a Cash Grab in Disguise?

[Autumnal]

If every popular RPG suddenly changed their games to all be about isekai'ed humans who become My Little Ponies and/or vending machines,

I can’t lie. I would pay to see Dennis Detwiller do this to Delta Green.

 

[Remathilis]

My apologies.. I was trying to read through this incredibly long thread while also look like I was working. I misinterpreted your comment.

All good. For what it's worth, I do think the 2024 books are a little more complicated than new art and layout. I don't think it is as big as a new edition, and I don't think using decimal values is overly helpful, but I think having the rules incorporating 10 years of design innovation is a net benefit.

 

[Parmandur]

Of note, at some point I picked up the three core books on D&D Beyond. I don't have any direct plans to play 5e again, but they're there if something comes up. Has WotC announced any plans of what they're doing about the core books there, or do the new versions of the classes come at a cost?

No announcement, but it seems probable that it will work similarly to Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes being marked as "Legacy" content. I would expect the new Core books to be seperate purchases, same as Monsters of the Multiverse

 

[Jeiggo_88]

That does necessarily make them a cash grab nor does it mean that it is not a value proposition for someone else. To me people are throwing around the words "cash garb" a little too freely. As far as I am concerned to qualify for a cash grab there has to be some element of deception or compulsion to the thing.
Someone jacking up the price of fuel in a shortage is making a cash grab.
I really do not see discretionally spending like D&D being susceptible to "cash grabbing". No one is making one spend the money and there are other things to spend it on.
I can see that corporations often exploit the fandom of rich fans but to me that is on the fan and is an unhealthy relationship on the part of the fan.

Yeah, if it doesn't require pouring hundreds of dollars in donations to gain an advantage over others, or coerce you because otherwise it becomes unplayable. Like some so-called free-to-play online games do.

As for fans, well, that's another story. They decide where to spend their money themselves.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I am thinking I might not use all or much of 5.5. My friends are not fans of the company and have 5e.

That said, I can see myself buying it and reading it for fun at least or making use of some of it. If that’s really possible as they say, I will be happy with that.

Even if I sit parts of 5.5 to some extent, it will be fun to be able to follow the game. I personally am looking forward to seeing new art and lay out.

How can my cash get grabbed? I might use some discretionary cash to buy some books. I guess the idea is if I don’t need them then I am suckered?

(Looks shamefully around at tons of prepainted minis around the room) whoops