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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9220416" data-attributes="member: 12731">We're discussing different things. I'm contesting the claim WotC genuinely wants people to (be able to) stick with the 2014 books. (Hint: they're not.)I'm not trying to argue the new books are evil or whatever. I'm saying that if they genuinely meant "the new is compatible with the old" they would not have changed a million little things; they would have focused on identifying say 20 things that would have fundamentally improved the game. And then left everything else the same. But no. Just like with every other "rules update" before it, the 2024 edition makes sure enough things are different (even if only ever so slightly) that people will sooner or later realize it isn't worth the trouble of trying to use 2014 and 2024 together.For example, WotC absolutely claimed 3.5 would be better and fix the issues of 3.0. It most definitely did not do that. What it did do, however, was to make you relearn a gazillion details, making absolutely sure nobody decided they could just cherrypick individual 3.5 improvements while largely staying with 3.0.Then add how 2024 options (just like 3.5 options) are just plain better (than 3.0 or 2014 option), and... yeah.But is this evil? No. But is it naive not to see this clearly? Well...</blockquote>