D&D (2024) WotC has called the new ruleset 5.2. Why don't we?

[Bacon Bits]

I'm mostly opposed to it because WotC got upset and didn't want us to call it 5.5. And when they called it One DND and we started to call it 5.One or 5.1 they got upset and said no don't call it that. So now that we've settled on 5.24 or 5e24 they want to come out with a new branding and call it 5.2.

No. Go away. You had two years to control the brand name, and you didn't want to.

 

[Marandahir]

They also called the 2014 5e SRD "5.1", which no-one ever called it. There isn't a link between SRD numbering and what they are calling an edition.

5.2 is this SRD revision. SRD v5.0 was 2015. SRD v5.1 was actually 2016's revisions around the release of Curse of Strahd.

 

[Vaalingrade]

One D&D

D&D 2024

D&D24

D&D 5.2

I'll wait until they send down orders for all of us to follow as good and loyal customers that I agree with.

So we'll wait to see what they say in July then what new thing they say in August.

 

[DEFCON 1]

It doesn't matter what we call it. Call it whatever you like. Whatever term a person uses, we'll pretty much know from context which books they are talking about.

 

[Marandahir]

I'm mostly opposed to it because WotC got upset and didn't want us to call it 5.5. And when they called it One DND and we started to call it 5.One or 5.1 they got upset and said no don't call it that. So now that we've settled on 5.24 or 5e24 they want to come out with a new branding and call it 5.2.

No. Go away. You had two years to control the brand name, and you didn't want to.

SRD v5.2 has nothing do do with branding. It's US saying we'd prefer to use the SRD version number to delimit this revision to the core rules, not WotC. They're only using the 5.2 to delimit the SRD from the 2016 revision to the SRD.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

i'll meet you guys in the middle. 5.-2.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Call it: 132,445,610,649.21736147069581076406
Which is what I got when I entered 5*e^24

 

[Scribe]

Why settle on a name when we can use it as edition war fodder for the next decade?

 

[Seramus]

5.5 has the most traction in the groups and discords I frequent, so that's likely what I'll use here as well. But I don't mind it having a dozen different names on here or Reddit, and think the confusion of everyone using different names will be mildly funny.

Things will only get weird if we get a second revision to 5E before 6E.

 

[Charlaquin]

I much prefer 5.24.

But I am also lazy. So I won't complain if people shorten it to 5.2

Same thing, just rounded to one decimal place instead of two