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<blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9238406" data-attributes="member: 54840"><p>For the past nine months, I’ve heard from a fair number of people, including people close to me and people I’ve worked with, say they don’t want anything to do with Hasbro, WOTC, or D&D. Unfortunately, they’re piling all of 5e in there too.</p><p></p><p>5e isn’t D&D. Since its release into the Creative Commons by two different companies, 5e is now an open system supported by hundreds of publishers and, in some cases, with whole games built around it.</p><p></p><p>5e is now and forever an independent tabletop roleplaying platform not tied to any single company.</p><p></p><p>If someone doesn’t like 5e as a <em>system</em>, that’s totally fine. Not every system is for everyone. I know many who love the tactical crunchiness and character customization of Pathfinder 2. I know many others who love the fast and furious grim dark fantasy of old-school games like <a href="https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark" target="_blank">Shadowdark</a>, <a href="https://www.ezd6.com/" target="_blank">EZD6</a>, and <a href="https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-old-school-essentials" target="_blank">Old School Essentials</a>. That’s cool.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, if you’re happy with D&D and don’t want or need anything else, that’s cool too. Most D&D players probably never consider products outside of what WOTC produces for D&D. I definitely recommend looking at the many awesome D&D / 5e compatible products many other publishers have created. Here are <a href="https://slyflourish.com/top_ten_products_of_2022.html" target="_blank">ten notable products for 2022</a> and my YouTube video segment on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKDwqNdXBy4&t=1260s" target="_blank">favorite products of 2023</a>, all from other publishers than WOTC. Check them out.</p><p></p><p>If you enjoy 5e but you’re done with Hasbro or WOTC or the D&D <em>brand</em>, this message is for you.</p><p></p><p>5e isn’t D&D.</p><p></p><p>You can enjoy the hell out of 5e without having to use any products or pay any money to Hasbro.</p><p></p><p>There are several excellent alternative core books for 5e – my current favorite being EN Publishing’s <a href="https://www.levelup5e.com/" target="_blank">Level Up Advanced 5e</a> and more on the way like Kobold Press’s <a href="https://www.talesofthevaliant.com/" target="_blank">Tales of the Valiant</a>.</p><p></p><p>These companies pay no license fees to Hasbro. Their work is completely independent from D&D. In A5e’s case, they have their <a href="https://a5esrd.com/a5esrd" target="_blank">own system reference document</a> they wrote and released under a Creative Commons license that’s significantly bigger than the 5.1 SRD.</p><p></p><p>These systems and products are <em>completely independent</em> from Hasbro or WOTC or D&D. 5e's rules were built by designers, many of whom aren't at Hasbro anymore, based on principles that go back 50 years and two full company acquisitions ago.</p><p></p><p>Yes, 5e came from the development of the 2014 version of D&D. 5e stands for “5th edition” and that’s the 5th edition of D&D, but that doesn’t matter <em>now</em>. Now, all of the mechanics are released under a Creative Commons license and, as mentioned, there’s a whole separate one you can use instead if you don’t want to use the one published by WOTC.</p><p></p><p>If you love 5e, as I do, don’t throw it out just because you’re mad at one company publishing material for it. 5e is ours and I personally think it’s awesome. You’re not hurting anyone or supporting the wrong group by buing products for it, running it, and playing it.</p><p></p><p>Game on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlyFlourish, post: 9238406, member: 54840"] For the past nine months, I’ve heard from a fair number of people, including people close to me and people I’ve worked with, say they don’t want anything to do with Hasbro, WOTC, or D&D. Unfortunately, they’re piling all of 5e in there too. 5e isn’t D&D. Since its release into the Creative Commons by two different companies, 5e is now an open system supported by hundreds of publishers and, in some cases, with whole games built around it. 5e is now and forever an independent tabletop roleplaying platform not tied to any single company. If someone doesn’t like 5e as a [I]system[/I], that’s totally fine. Not every system is for everyone. I know many who love the tactical crunchiness and character customization of Pathfinder 2. I know many others who love the fast and furious grim dark fantasy of old-school games like [URL='https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark']Shadowdark[/URL], [URL='https://www.ezd6.com/']EZD6[/URL], and [URL='https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-old-school-essentials']Old School Essentials[/URL]. That’s cool. Likewise, if you’re happy with D&D and don’t want or need anything else, that’s cool too. Most D&D players probably never consider products outside of what WOTC produces for D&D. I definitely recommend looking at the many awesome D&D / 5e compatible products many other publishers have created. Here are [URL='https://slyflourish.com/top_ten_products_of_2022.html']ten notable products for 2022[/URL] and my YouTube video segment on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKDwqNdXBy4&t=1260s']favorite products of 2023[/URL], all from other publishers than WOTC. Check them out. If you enjoy 5e but you’re done with Hasbro or WOTC or the D&D [I]brand[/I], this message is for you. 5e isn’t D&D. You can enjoy the hell out of 5e without having to use any products or pay any money to Hasbro. There are several excellent alternative core books for 5e – my current favorite being EN Publishing’s [URL='https://www.levelup5e.com/']Level Up Advanced 5e[/URL] and more on the way like Kobold Press’s [URL='https://www.talesofthevaliant.com/']Tales of the Valiant[/URL]. These companies pay no license fees to Hasbro. Their work is completely independent from D&D. In A5e’s case, they have their [URL='https://a5esrd.com/a5esrd']own system reference document[/URL] they wrote and released under a Creative Commons license that’s significantly bigger than the 5.1 SRD. These systems and products are [I]completely independent[/I] from Hasbro or WOTC or D&D. 5e's rules were built by designers, many of whom aren't at Hasbro anymore, based on principles that go back 50 years and two full company acquisitions ago. Yes, 5e came from the development of the 2014 version of D&D. 5e stands for “5th edition” and that’s the 5th edition of D&D, but that doesn’t matter [I]now[/I]. Now, all of the mechanics are released under a Creative Commons license and, as mentioned, there’s a whole separate one you can use instead if you don’t want to use the one published by WOTC. If you love 5e, as I do, don’t throw it out just because you’re mad at one company publishing material for it. 5e is ours and I personally think it’s awesome. You’re not hurting anyone or supporting the wrong group by buing products for it, running it, and playing it. Game on. [/QUOTE]
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