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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vael" data-source="post: 8752944" data-attributes="member: 57043">I think using the strict interpretation of DnD as the same as software is inviting disappointment, because while the two may be analogous, DMs aren't strictly the same as a computer.As for myself, I'll break it down.As a DM, I'd like to any adventure to be more or less runnable with minimal issues. If an encounter in the adventure calls for using 3 Thugs, for example, I should be able to use either the 5e or 1DnD Monster Manual and not throw the encounter completely out of whack power level wise. A DC 15 check should be equivalent between editions.As a PC ... I don't think I should be able to 100% crossover material, but I expect I can play a race from Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse without issue, for example. Other things like racial feats from Xanathars might need some massaging or revision, and spells may also be superceded by the new material.As a fan of DnD ... I'd like to not force players to rebuy books. So yes, I'd like to have someone with a 5e PHB be able to sit at the same table as a player with the 1DnD PHB.</blockquote>