D&D 5E (2024) What will D&D 6th edition be like?

[slobster]

If that works, I might expect to see combined setting books/PHBs in a few years.

It would also be kind of cool, because I already think Rebels (the animated Star Wars show) did a lot to show what an ensemble Star Wars adventure would look like, one that acts more like a D&D party than the main characters of the movies ever did. A time period source book that used the art style and vibe of the Rebels show would be a lot of fun.

But this is getting off topic...as to the OP, I'm hoping 6E is a long way off. I don't imagine WotC seriously moving in that direction until sales drop off substantially, and so far that seems not to be happening.

knock on wood!

 

[The Crimson Binome]

We should be so lucky.

Burning everything to the ground would make it much easier to rebuild afterward. I would sincerely hope that 6E is the worst edition of all, because then they might actually get serious when it comes to 7E.

 

[abirdcall]

I think a 6e will happen, but probably a ways off. Eventually, sales will slip and WOTC will want a shiny new edition to rekindle excitement. Or maybe something awful will happen at Hasbro, and D&D will be bought by someone else. Nothing stays the same.

2019 was D&D's best sales year ever.

I just don't see sales slipping far enough to warrant a new edition at any reasonable time in the future to even speculate on it.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

6th edition will probably be designed to address whatever issues that made 5th edition stop selling. Since 5e sales show no sign of slowing down, it's hard to imagine what problem 6e will be intended to solve, and thus we can't predict what it will look like.

 

[Sacrosanct]

All your answers will be found here:


6E When?
6e, how would you sort the classes/sub-classs?
What Improvements Would You Want with 6E?
5 year AAR/Lessons learned
Pick one major theme from a previous edition that you want in 6e
Interested in new dragon designs for 5e (5.5e or 6e)?
What should we do with the Seventh Edition?
D&D 6th edition - What do you want to see?
6e? Why?

 

[Don Durito]

Purple. It will be purple.

 

[Krachek]

I contest the state inevitable for 6th.
and more, 5ed don’t even exist in the world of Wotc, it is simply Dnd.
my best take would be a 100% compatible revamp of the phb, nothing more,

 

[cmad1977]

Basically the same with the removal of some technical debt.

 

[Arilyn]

2019 was D&D's best sales year ever.

I just don't see sales slipping far enough to warrant a new edition at any reasonable time in the future to even speculate on it.

Oh yes, it's probably a long ways off, and the odds of us guessing what it'll look like is pretty slim. But fun to speculate.

 

[jgsugden]

Look, a 6th edition of D&D is inevitable, so what do you think it will be like? Will it be a radical change in the game like 4th edition was? Or will it be a return to more tradition D&D like 5th edition was? I really want to know you all think. Please proceed...

6E is to 5E as this thread is to every other friggin "What will 6E be like" thread.

We're not particularly close to 6E. Don't be in a rush.