D&D 5E (2024) What will One D&D Eventually Be Commonly Called

[UngeheuerLich]

Aniversary D&D, or short AD&D.

 

[Tonguez]

D&Done?

 

[John R Davis]

Old School!

 

[Corinnguard]

I said 6e because I feel some of the players who backed Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition are going to say that the latter lays claim to the title of 5.5 D&D. I also feel this way because when Pathfinder 1st edition came out, it was given the nickname of 3.75 D&D.

This is regardless of what WoTC has said about dropping the edition number. The players are going to give it a number anyway.

 

[Hriston]

Commonly? Why, “D and D” or “5E” of course. I think the publisher will be successful in obfuscating this is an edition change with the casual gamer. I’m not sure why these aren’t options on your poll.

 

[beancounter]

It will be called "a steaming pile of crap"

Just kidding....

I'm guessing 5.5.

 

[MarkB]

One Dungeons & Dragons Version 5.5 Anniversary Edition.

 

[Gorck]

1D&D is explicitly a code name. I think, in public, WotC will call it "Dungeons & Dragons," and that's it.

I hope not. They need to call it something to differentiate it from all the previous editions. We're already seeing problems here in these forums where people are referring to One D&D as ODD, which is causing people to get confused with Original D&D. If they just call it "Dungeons & Dragons" there will be mass confusion when we're trying to compare the different editions with each other.

Whatever they wind up calling it, I'm just praying that the new MM will do for the 5e MM what MP:MoM did for VGM and MTF. I know it's just a pipe-dream, but I would also love to see the creatures in the 5e MM converted to the new stat blocks and combined with all the creatures in MP:MoM to form a Mega Monster Manual. Complete with the handy dandy Random Encounter Tables from XGE updated to include all the monsters (even those in FTD). I find those tables to be extremely helpful, but wish they had more than just the monsters in the MM.

One of the issues I have with D&D in general is that it has a lot of material to work with, but that material is scattered across too many sources. They put out charts and table for various things to make it helpful, but then new products are released and those charts and tables are no longer complete.

 

[Cadence]

"I'm all set for my first session 0 tonight, you were right about used copies being out there. I found a 5e PHB for cheap!"

"Uhm... what year was it printed? You might need to download 20 pages of errata to use with it. Kinko's can bind it for you so it's handy to carry around."

"What?!?"

"You see, 5e is more of a feeling than a particularly useful descriptor of a book's content...."

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It feels like they really need to identify the core books in some way as different from the front cover. It doesn't need to be 5.5, but at least "Updated", "Anniversary Edition", or something that's easy to identify and specify.

 

[Parmandur]

I hope not. They need to call it something to differentiate it from all the previous editions. We're already seeing problems here in these forums where people are referring to One D&D as ODD, which is causing people to get confused with Original D&D. If they just call it "Dungeons & Dragons" there will be mass confusion when we're trying to compare the different editions with each other.

Whatever they wind up calling it, I'm just praying that the new MM will do for the 5e MM what MP:MoM did for VGM and MTF. I know it's just a pipe-dream, but I would also love to see the creatures in the 5e MM converted to the new stat blocks and combined with all the creatures in MP:MoM to form a Mega Monster Manual. Complete with the handy dandy Random Encounter Tables from XGE updated to include all the monsters (even those in FTD). I find those tables to be extremely helpful, but wish they had more than just the monsters in the MM.

One of the issues I have with D&D in general is that it has a lot of material to work with, but that material is scattered across too many sources. They put out charts and table for various things to make it helpful, but then new products are released and those charts and tables are no longer complete.

Monsters of the Multiverse won't be folded into the new MM, because it is already a OneD&D supplement for that forthcoming book.