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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 5690054" data-attributes="member: 53980">They've stated in the past that setting books (Planescape, etc.) aren't as profitable as other books for them.  While there is certainly a subsection of 3.5 players who will purchase anything with 3.5 stamped on it, there are also plenty of people who just aren't interested in Complete Warrior XVI.  Had it been profitable for them to just keep cranking out new books along those lines, I have little doubt they would have done so. IMO, there's so much already out there produced for 3.5 that it wouldn't be all that profitable for them to reprint it.  The people who play 3.5 tend to have their books already.  I'm fairly certain that new players can find a used PHB on ebay (a quick search found one for $11), or print the SRD to Lulu (or barring that, from their printer) for a reasonable price.It certainly would be a kindness if WotC did offer a reasonable print on demand (or similar) service for out of print materials.  I've little doubt though, that convincing the higher ups at Hasbro that they should internally support competition for the current edition would take quite some doing.  It's entirely possible that WotC has tried to do just that and was denied.  It isn't as though we'd hear of it if they had (due to NDAs and all that jazz).Personally, I think it's very interesting (and great) news that Monte Cook is back on board, but I expect that when we eventually see 5e, it'll be a significantly different animal from both 3rd and 4e.  (Albeit, informed to some greater or lesser degree by all editions.)  Just because he was a major force behind 3rd edition doesn't mean that he doesn't have different ideas about how the game might be approached.  As evidence, I'll cite the skill system suggested by Monte Cook in Mearl's column.  A significant deviation from anything we saw in 3.x.</blockquote>

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