D&D General The Double-Edged Sword: Is The New D&D Edition a Cash Grab in Disguise?

[Autumnal]

If every popular RPG suddenly changed their games to all be about isekai'ed humans who become My Little Ponies and/or vending machines,

I can’t lie. I would pay to see Dennis Detwiller do this to Delta Green.

 

[Remathilis]

My apologies.. I was trying to read through this incredibly long thread while also look like I was working. I misinterpreted your comment.

All good. For what it's worth, I do think the 2024 books are a little more complicated than new art and layout. I don't think it is as big as a new edition, and I don't think using decimal values is overly helpful, but I think having the rules incorporating 10 years of design innovation is a net benefit.

 

[Parmandur]

Of note, at some point I picked up the three core books on D&D Beyond. I don't have any direct plans to play 5e again, but they're there if something comes up. Has WotC announced any plans of what they're doing about the core books there, or do the new versions of the classes come at a cost?

No announcement, but it seems probable that it will work similarly to Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes being marked as "Legacy" content. I would expect the new Core books to be seperate purchases, same as Monsters of the Multiverse