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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nathaniel Lee" data-source="post: 8181988" data-attributes="member: 6948827">Wizards already responded... with Tasha's. If you want the flexibility, you buy that book. Wizards doesn't need to release a revision, let alone a whole new edition, just to codify the race and class flexibility from Tasha's.Your post that I was replying to contended that what they stated was a significant design shift that foretells a near future release of a new edition of the game. I simply pointed out that the statement they made, taken literally, doesn't indicate anything that has a significant, practical impact on the current edition game in of itself, certainly not to any degree -- taken on its own -- to warrant even a ".5" version bump.Whether there's something in the works for the game's 50th birthday is a wholly separate discussion, and I still maintain my position that unless there is a drastic shift in the financial success of 5th edition in the next year or so, we will not see any new edition or even a "half edition". They've been very clear in the past about not wanting to splinter the fanbase with rules that would be considered "required" beyond the core three books that millions of people have already purchased, and with the game continuing to grow by leaps and bounds there's really no sound financial reason why they'd risk anything.There are plenty of other things they could do for the anniversary, although I do concur that a new edition would be spiritually a good way to celebrate that milestone, even if it's unlikely to be a sensible thing business-wise.Assuming the game continues to grow through the next year or so, the most I could see happening is some "anniversary edition" of the PHB with a nice pretty cover where they roll stuff from Tasha's into it for ease... but even then I'm confident they would still label it as "optional" since, again, they've been very adamant about not making the PHBs that people bought 5 years ago obsolete.</blockquote>

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