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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chronos96" data-source="post: 7594035" data-attributes="member: 6928726">Where did I ever say that the old material wasn't useable?Nothing. The point has nothing to do with the usability of the old material. I'm saying if they were to make a 5th ed manual of the planes or if they were to do something like Frostfell, Sandstorm, Stromwrack, etc. again I would rather they consolidate all the material into one release. To clarify further when there's only material for one book they should make one book when it warrants two books as in the case of the Waterdeep adventures and to a lesser extent Tyranny of Dragons they should make two books. I personally feel that something like the Manual of the planes book would benefit from two volumes. For example volume 1 could be the Feywild/ Shadowfell and the Elemental Planes along with the positive and negative planes. Volume 2 would be the Astral Sea and the Nine Hells along with the twelve outer realms like Bytopia, Elysium, etc. Make them as big as the Player's Handbook and give them room to expand on the material. One of the arguments I constantly see when this topic is brought up is if you want to use a concept that exists in an old book then use the old books. That's fine in of itself but it's also a faulty premise. By that logic why should Wizard's bother making a new edition of DnD? TSR already gave us all the materials we needed to make another one from the original DM's guide. Why should they have bothered making the 4th ed Eberron Campaign guide when there was already the 3rd edition versionThe answer is the convenience of it. No, we don't need every supplement remade or updated but there are aspects of the game like campaign settings or old adventures that are cornerstones that have made the game what it is. I'd wager that the majority of us aren't game designers so it would be nice if they bring back a particular aspect or setting like Darksun or Ravenloft (Yes I know Curse of Strahd Exists). So yeah sure I can convert all the old material by myself but it's probably not going to happen. There's something to be said for ease of accessibility and I'm not talking about how all the old books are available as a pdf. The bottom line is it's nice to not have to sift through everything.</blockquote>

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