With the announcement of the new PHB does anyone know if older copies of the 5th edition will be updated? Or do we have to buy yet another full copy to get a few changes?
You will have to buy new to make use of the new book.
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It's literally just 6e / OneDnD. After the OGL fiasco, those titles have such a negativity to them that they made the new edition they've been playtesting and running community feedback for over the last however-long, but they literally labeled it "5e" at the last second to keep riding the goodwill coattails of fifth edition.
It's not 5e. When you publish a brand new PHB/DMG/MM, that's literally a new edition in the most objective way possible. This is the same 6e that they've been working on. They're just too afraid of the bad blood they created to call it what it is and would prefer instead to hope to deceive some people who were anti-6e into maybe buying these "Definitely Still 5e" books.
The 2019 books are 5e. These new books are 6e. WotC labeling them "updated 5e" is insane and dishonest and, frankly, cowardly--especially since there's no announcement about the titling, they're just hoping you don't notice. They've made it clear previously that with the release of the new 6e sourcebooks, they won't be publishing for 5e anymore, so seeing these new preorders repeatedly referred to as 5e is mind-boggling and insulting. Like it's all just manipulative and really frustrating.
Add it to the pile of other shady WotC practices. I love this game, but I've come to loathe the company to the point where it has actually drained me of what has been a consistent willingness to preorder each new book. I know I'm just yapping now beyond the point of your question but damn I'm so upset about it, it sucks. Nothing on the DDB website has been truly developed or improved since WotC inhaled them. Trying to figure out the homebrew creation tools is confusing as hell. People have been asking for digital dice set per-character, or folders for characters, or better specificity to content sharing since like 2019. None of that immediately turns a profit for Habro so why would they bother? Creating and balancing new player options in their new books is harder than just copypasting the same feat over and over again and calling it a new player option along with a bunch of meaningless new backgrounds, so why would they provide new classes, races, subclasses, subraces, or any of that juicy stuff when they can just fill a book with less substance but sell it for the same $30? Why would they let players buy a race for $2 a la carte when they could take that piecemeal shopping away and force them to invest $30 instead (which I hope to god no one actually cares to do). Idk man, I'm tired. This company exhausts me. I'll probably maintain my DDB sub just to retain access to my character roster and content sharing since I'm a DM for a couple different games and I need those tools, but I'm fully done buying their books. The OGL circus left such a bad taste in my mouth and they cannot for the life of them learn the correct lessons from that mistake. I'll keep giving my money to 3PP instead who love what they do and create quality content where WotC doesnt.
... anyways TLDR, new books are mislabeled as 5e in a deliberate attempt at manipulation. They're just simply objectively not 5e, it's just a ploy to hope more people buy them who otherwise might have shunned 6e.
Nope, I can assure you, it's still D&D fifth edition
It's not 5e. When you publish a brand new PHB/DMG/MM,
Again, it's still D&D fifth edition, an edition can have multiple core rulebooks. AD&D had the Player's Handbook and Player's Handbook (revised), and the Dungeon Master's Guide and Dungeon Master's Guide (revised). Fourth edition had three Player's Handbooks, two Dungeon Master's Guides, and three Monster Manuals. It's just that rather than using 'revised' or numbers, for fifth edition WotC is using the year of publication
The 2019 books are 5e.
2014, not 2019. You're halving the age of this edition.
These new books are 6e. WotC labeling them "updated 5e" is insane and dishonest
It's not and it's not. You can literally swap out your 2014 Player's Handbook for the 2024 Player's Handbook and keep playing all the same adventures and campaigns. Chris Perkins has said they intentionally did not change a single 2014 monsters CR so they'd remain fully compatible with existing adventures come the 2025 Monster Manual.
and, frankly, cowardly--especially since there's no announcement about the titling, they're just hoping you don't notice. They've made it clear previously that with the release of the new 6e sourcebooks, they won't be publishing for 5e anymore, so seeing these new preorders repeatedly referred to as 5e is mind-boggling and insulting. Like it's all just manipulative and really frustrating.
There has been absolutely zero such claim about "won't be publishing for 5e anymore", that is a pure fabrication.
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... anyways TLDR, new books are mislabeled as 5e in a deliberate attempt at manipulation. They're just simply objectively not 5e, it's just a ploy to hope more people buy them who otherwise might have shunned 6e.
No they're not, because it's not "6e", it's still very much D&D fifth edition and your claims are wildly inaccurate
With the announcement of the new PHB does anyone know if older copies of the 5th edition will be updated? Or do we have to buy yet another full copy to get a few changes?
You will have to buy new to make use of the new book.
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Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
It's literally just 6e / OneDnD. After the OGL fiasco, those titles have such a negativity to them that they made the new edition they've been playtesting and running community feedback for over the last however-long, but they literally labeled it "5e" at the last second to keep riding the goodwill coattails of fifth edition.
It's not 5e. When you publish a brand new PHB/DMG/MM, that's literally a new edition in the most objective way possible. This is the same 6e that they've been working on. They're just too afraid of the bad blood they created to call it what it is and would prefer instead to hope to deceive some people who were anti-6e into maybe buying these "Definitely Still 5e" books.
The 2019 books are 5e. These new books are 6e. WotC labeling them "updated 5e" is insane and dishonest and, frankly, cowardly--especially since there's no announcement about the titling, they're just hoping you don't notice. They've made it clear previously that with the release of the new 6e sourcebooks, they won't be publishing for 5e anymore, so seeing these new preorders repeatedly referred to as 5e is mind-boggling and insulting. Like it's all just manipulative and really frustrating.
Add it to the pile of other shady WotC practices. I love this game, but I've come to loathe the company to the point where it has actually drained me of what has been a consistent willingness to preorder each new book. I know I'm just yapping now beyond the point of your question but damn I'm so upset about it, it sucks. Nothing on the DDB website has been truly developed or improved since WotC inhaled them. Trying to figure out the homebrew creation tools is confusing as hell. People have been asking for digital dice set per-character, or folders for characters, or better specificity to content sharing since like 2019. None of that immediately turns a profit for Habro so why would they bother? Creating and balancing new player options in their new books is harder than just copypasting the same feat over and over again and calling it a new player option along with a bunch of meaningless new backgrounds, so why would they provide new classes, races, subclasses, subraces, or any of that juicy stuff when they can just fill a book with less substance but sell it for the same $30? Why would they let players buy a race for $2 a la carte when they could take that piecemeal shopping away and force them to invest $30 instead (which I hope to god no one actually cares to do). Idk man, I'm tired. This company exhausts me. I'll probably maintain my DDB sub just to retain access to my character roster and content sharing since I'm a DM for a couple different games and I need those tools, but I'm fully done buying their books. The OGL circus left such a bad taste in my mouth and they cannot for the life of them learn the correct lessons from that mistake. I'll keep giving my money to 3PP instead who love what they do and create quality content where WotC doesnt.
... anyways TLDR, new books are mislabeled as 5e in a deliberate attempt at manipulation. They're just simply objectively not 5e, it's just a ploy to hope more people buy them who otherwise might have shunned 6e.
Nope, I can assure you, it's still D&D fifth edition
Again, it's still D&D fifth edition, an edition can have multiple core rulebooks. AD&D had the Player's Handbook and Player's Handbook (revised), and the Dungeon Master's Guide and Dungeon Master's Guide (revised). Fourth edition had three Player's Handbooks, two Dungeon Master's Guides, and three Monster Manuals. It's just that rather than using 'revised' or numbers, for fifth edition WotC is using the year of publication
2014, not 2019. You're halving the age of this edition.
It's not and it's not. You can literally swap out your 2014 Player's Handbook for the 2024 Player's Handbook and keep playing all the same adventures and campaigns. Chris Perkins has said they intentionally did not change a single 2014 monsters CR so they'd remain fully compatible with existing adventures come the 2025 Monster Manual.
There has been absolutely zero such claim about "won't be publishing for 5e anymore", that is a pure fabrication.
No they're not, because it's not "6e", it's still very much D&D fifth edition and your claims are wildly inaccurate
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