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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8704883" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I mean, we already know some of the changes. "Race" will become "Ancestry" and will (to some extent or another) de-emphasize rigid ability score associations, for example. And it's pretty clear they're switching to PB/LR resources rather than SR resources, even if they haven't explicitly said that.As for probable changes, I expect:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A major rework of the Ranger class. This is the one class they've repeatedly and explicitly said has issues, talking about player feedback over the course of years with multiple attempts to fix it. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of the bigger secondary reasons for a revision, because they don't want to issue major errata for the PHB but aren't happy with the existing Ranger.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Partial reworks of (in order of likelihood and severity) the Warlock, Monk, Sorcerer, Fighter, Rogue, and Wizard classes. Warlocks are very likely to get tweaks because of the shift to PB/LR, which will require their pact magic to adapt. Wizards, although they don't really need a rework, are somewhat notorious for having few class features and not really expressing their theme of "scholarly hermetic mage," so a minor touch-up to address this could be included. More or less, the first three are "probable rework of varying degrees" while the latter three are "possible rework of varying degrees."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heavy to moderate reworks of several subclasses, but particularly the Champion, Berserker, Beast Master, Four Elements, and (possibly) Circle of the Moon. All of these have gotten criticism at some point, or have proven to be below par compared to subsequent options, or have some kind of mechanical wrinkle that would welcome changes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changes to some feats, possibly trying to beef up (or trim out) some of the "bad" feats and bring down the power of some of the "strong" feats.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changes to some equipment, possibly removing redundant items like the trident, or finding ways to make them distinctive/worthwhile.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Under-the-hood changes to certain monster math, hard to predict exactly what because 5e monster math isn't exactly transparent, but I expect at least SOME changes here.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reworking several spells, probably making more spells depend on Concentration than current. Might or might not see some shuffling of spell lists.</li> </ul>In other words, it will be "backwards-compatible" in the way 3e and 3.5e were: a lot of stuff will work essentially identically, and you don't truly need to rewrite your character sheet if you happen to be using the "old" version of something. All the old adventures should work with either no changes or very minimal changes, they just might not be optimal. But those old things won't be supported anymore.If they don't actually call it 5.5e, then yes, calling it D&D 50th Anniversary Edition or "5th Edition 50th Anniversary" or something like that is almost certainly what they'll do. Which means we'll probably end up calling it 5.50 or the like.</blockquote>

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