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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mirrorrorrim" data-source="post: 9104383" data-attributes="member: 7040132">The 2024 books will replace the 2014 books on the shelves. Going forward, if a new player, or an established player wants a new book in 2025, and they go to their FLGS or the big stores, they're pretty much going to see only the 2024 books. And when they flip through those books they will see mostly the same rules, with a different layout and different art, and see more character build options. Over time, that book content will trickle into everyone's games in some way.If people want to buy the 2014 books, they will still be available for cheap purchase online or in used book stores for years, kinda like how older edition books currently work.Even the 2014 hardliners are still going to get access to the new rules via DDB. They are not going to toggle those character options off becase it's literally more options. If they think that a spell or subclass was updated to be more compelling than before, they'll use it.It's the nature of the beast. People will yoink the good stuff they like and ignore the stuff they don't. And that is by design. It won't cause a rift like 4E did. The 2024 book will be at least as compatible, or more compatible with the 2014 rules as Level Up or ToV. It's pretty much giving the PH the Tasha's treatment for options, and pounding in some proud nails in the 10 year old system.</blockquote>