"6th" edition probably won't happen. The longstanding association in the Western world between evil and the number 6 is a pox on product sales. D&D marketing especially has to take this into account with the unfounded slander the game endured from the ignorant in its early days.
Instead, with the 50th anniversary of the game looming half a decade ahead, we should look forward to the "Gold" or "Golden Anniversary" edition. It's really a marketing coup they can't pass up.
Expect Ge to be backward compatible with 5e, unless ownership of the company changes hands again.
What I'd like to see in Ge is mostly
1) a major cleanup of 5e with all the little RAW edited to better reflect RAI,
2) a finalised version of the ever evolving ranger finally making it to print,
3) a major nerf on druids which IMO have been disproportionately overpowered compared to other classes since 3e
4) use of the same mechanic for all shape change types: wild shape, lycanthropes, polymorph, etc.
5) a massive tome of monsters in a single print edition that encompasses all the creatures currently spread across more than a half a dozen books. (With other tomes for spells and items.)
G) a level point mechanic applied to all classes to fuel their special abilities, like sorcery points or ki.
I don't think there will be 6e until Critical Role finishes their campaign in 5e.
Not true at all. CR started the home campaign in 4e, switched to Pathfinder and then 5e when it started to Stream. They wouldn't be the first to convert mid campaign either and won't be the last. Now I am sure WotC would love to have them use 6e (if and when it is released and if they are still going/as popular) to showcase the latest edition.
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My thoughts on this subject are along the lines of others who say that backward-compatibility will be a necessary component. What I want to see is cross-compatibility expanding into new genres. I want to see 5e versions of Top Secret, Gamma World, Boot Hill, Star Frontiers, and similar TSR properties, as well as new 5e- compatible games in horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, and whatever else pops up next as a cool new storytelling and gaming setting.
My thoughts on this subject are along the lines of others who say that backward-compatibility will be a necessary component. What I want to see is cross-compatibility expanding into new genres. I want to see 5e versions of Top Secret, Gamma World, Boot Hill, Star Frontiers, and similar TSR properties, as well as new 5e- compatible games in horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, and whatever else pops up next as a cool new storytelling and gaming setting.
If you want Gamma World, check out Troll Lord Games, they make a lot of James M Ward's stuff (He created Gamma World). He also has one called 77 Worlds.
There is also Shadowrun still kicking around somewhere.
Gamma World rocked. Those of us who lived through the cold war needed hope in the face of mutually assured destruction; for many of us the post apocalyptic setting gave us that hope that there would BE an afterwards.
Like 1e, 5e has a system that can be applied to other settings. For example, I recently ran my primary group through a 5e version of barrier peaks- set 40 years after the original expedition.(Most survived).
Had I bought ToH before running my "Steel Tower" scenario, I'd have set it in Chult-fire peaks seems a perfect setting. Many of the odd creatures of Chult originated in the Expedition to the Barrier Peaks module.
Why am I talking about old modules? I guess my point is that 5e worked with this one, which was the forerunner of metamorphosis alpha and gamma world.
It's a very flexible system. Expansions could be published in almost any setting. Whether or not we ever see official expansions though always comes down to money. While I loved GW, the last few versions did poorly in the market, meaning new version production will likely only happen if there is a big upswing in consumer interest.
I don't think 6e is coming anytime soon. There have been no announcements on development even beginning. Currently, D&D is in it's most popular form yet. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. As we've had 5 editions since the original release of the game 46 years ago, I don't think 6e will be released anytime soon.
There are a lot of conversion documents to take old modules and update them the 5e. You just need to have the original.
this would keep the old ones relevant. You could run a dark suns or the old Middle East one (forgot the name Al something)
Al Quadim.
I predominately convert old 2e and AD&D2e modules to use for 5e. Everyone else can use the new stuff, and I get to surprise my players with stuff they have never seen before because they were published 30 years ago.
Totally agree. There's some interesting stuff about darksun, but for the most part I'd never want to play there.
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I love coming 6 months late to a discussion.
"6th" edition probably won't happen. The longstanding association in the Western world between evil and the number 6 is a pox on product sales. D&D marketing especially has to take this into account with the unfounded slander the game endured from the ignorant in its early days.
Instead, with the 50th anniversary of the game looming half a decade ahead, we should look forward to the "Gold" or "Golden Anniversary" edition. It's really a marketing coup they can't pass up.
Expect Ge to be backward compatible with 5e, unless ownership of the company changes hands again.
What I'd like to see in Ge is mostly
1) a major cleanup of 5e with all the little RAW edited to better reflect RAI,
2) a finalised version of the ever evolving ranger finally making it to print,
3) a major nerf on druids which IMO have been disproportionately overpowered compared to other classes since 3e
4) use of the same mechanic for all shape change types: wild shape, lycanthropes, polymorph, etc.
5) a massive tome of monsters in a single print edition that encompasses all the creatures currently spread across more than a half a dozen books. (With other tomes for spells and items.)
G) a level point mechanic applied to all classes to fuel their special abilities, like sorcery points or ki.
You’re right, it’ll be something like “D&D Revolutions” or something similarly silly and then eventually they’ll skip to 7th edition.
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Except 7 is an unlucky number, so they'd call it D&D Generations, or Origins, or something like that.
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Have you never heard of “lucky number 7?”
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Yes, but it can also be considered unlucky
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Interesting, I had not heard that. In which circumstance or culture?
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If you roll a 7 while playing Craps it’s a bad thing. So 7 being unlucky comes from that. But 7 has different meanings in many cultures.
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In Chinese Culture, the 7th month is considered the Ghost Month, and 7 is considered unlucky
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Not true at all. CR started the home campaign in 4e, switched to Pathfinder and then 5e when it started to Stream. They wouldn't be the first to convert mid campaign either and won't be the last. Now I am sure WotC would love to have them use 6e (if and when it is released and if they are still going/as popular) to showcase the latest edition.
I just want to tell everyone "happy gaming" and actually mean it. Whatever your game is, just have fun with it, it is after all, just a game.
5.1e Was in 2014 but I was talking about 5.2e.
But did you know? I was talking about 5.2e that exists. The rulebook was not fake and was 5.2e. Not 5.1e
My thoughts on this subject are along the lines of others who say that backward-compatibility will be a necessary component. What I want to see is cross-compatibility expanding into new genres. I want to see 5e versions of Top Secret, Gamma World, Boot Hill, Star Frontiers, and similar TSR properties, as well as new 5e- compatible games in horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, and whatever else pops up next as a cool new storytelling and gaming setting.
If you want Gamma World, check out Troll Lord Games, they make a lot of James M Ward's stuff (He created Gamma World). He also has one called 77 Worlds.
There is also Shadowrun still kicking around somewhere.
I just want to tell everyone "happy gaming" and actually mean it. Whatever your game is, just have fun with it, it is after all, just a game.
I miss Shadowrun.
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Gamma World rocked. Those of us who lived through the cold war needed hope in the face of mutually assured destruction; for many of us the post apocalyptic setting gave us that hope that there would BE an afterwards.
Like 1e, 5e has a system that can be applied to other settings. For example, I recently ran my primary group through a 5e version of barrier peaks- set 40 years after the original expedition.(Most survived).
Had I bought ToH before running my "Steel Tower" scenario, I'd have set it in Chult-fire peaks seems a perfect setting. Many of the odd creatures of Chult originated in the Expedition to the Barrier Peaks module.
Why am I talking about old modules? I guess my point is that 5e worked with this one, which was the forerunner of metamorphosis alpha and gamma world.
It's a very flexible system. Expansions could be published in almost any setting. Whether or not we ever see official expansions though always comes down to money. While I loved GW, the last few versions did poorly in the market, meaning new version production will likely only happen if there is a big upswing in consumer interest.
Businesses after all, ARE in it for the money.
Correction-T.o.Annihilation, not ToH.
I don't think 6e is coming anytime soon. There have been no announcements on development even beginning. Currently, D&D is in it's most popular form yet. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. As we've had 5 editions since the original release of the game 46 years ago, I don't think 6e will be released anytime soon.
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There are a lot of conversion documents to take old modules and update them the 5e. You just need to have the original.
this would keep the old ones relevant. You could run a dark suns or the old Middle East one (forgot the name Al something)
I just want to tell everyone "happy gaming" and actually mean it. Whatever your game is, just have fun with it, it is after all, just a game.
Al Quadim.
I predominately convert old 2e and AD&D2e modules to use for 5e. Everyone else can use the new stuff, and I get to surprise my players with stuff they have never seen before because they were published 30 years ago.
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Dark Sun *Shudder*
The primary goal of any character in Dark Sun should be to escape to a less dangerous place, like Barovia or the 9 Hells.
Totally agree. There's some interesting stuff about darksun, but for the most part I'd never want to play there.
Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
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