5th ed Rules might come sooner in a published D&D game "Driders (Drow spider riders)"

[Souphin]

According to IGN there is a 5th ed videogame that is using "D&D next" edition rules. The article mentions the major evil deity and some of the background story in FR D&Dnext

[Scott Betts]

This article does not say what you seem to think it says.

First, there is no game called "Driders".

Second, no one has mentioned anything about next edition rules being used in any video game.

[Souphin]

Scott you are right it doesn't state it is going to be using the the 5th edition rules but usually the D&D games try to stay close to the D&D rules. I know DDO is not as close as Neverwinter or BG but we'll see.
And "Driders (Drow spider riders)" was just a joke...get it?

[Scott Betts]

Souphin wrote:

Scott you are right it doesn't state it is going to be using the the 5th edition rules but usually the D&D games try to stay close to the D&D rules. I know DDO is not as close as Neverwinter or BG but we'll see.

And "Driders (Drow spider riders)" was just a joke...get it?

DDO already has an established rules set based largely on the D&D 3.5 rules, with modifications made to adapt the game to the MMORPG format. They did not update the game's mechanics when 4e was released, and they probably will not update the game's mechanics for 5e's release. Fundamentally altering the rules system the game is set upon is a massive undertaking, and would be a tremendous disruption of the stability of play that MMO gamers expect. The only mention of D&D Next in the article was with regards to Lloth's role in the 4e-5e Forgotten Realms transition.

[thejeff]

Yeah, there's no way an established game will make a fundamental rules shift without a completely new launch. The article talks about taking existing DDO characters into the new setting, so it wouldn't make any sense to use a new rules set for them.

Though that would be kind of neat if it could be done cleanly. Each world operates under a different rules set. Take the portal to Faerun, rebuild your character for 5E, go back home to Eberron, revert to the current DDO 3.5 build. Wouldn't work, of course. But it would be a neat idea.

[Souphin]

That would be neat, but you guys are most likely right, the 3.5ish rules may stay, but the neverwinter game...

[Scott Betts]

Souphin wrote:

That would be neat, but you guys are most likely right, the 3.5ish rules may stay, but the neverwinter game...

...is reportedly going to be based loosely on 4e rules.

The fact that 5e rules haven't even been finalized yet means that the chances of any currently in-development game using them is almost nil.

[Chuck Wright]

Drider is also just a mash-up of DRow and spIDER. No need for the "rider" part. There's no riding going on with the creature anyway.

[Scott Betts]

Chuck Wright wrote:

Drider is also just a mash-up of DRow and spIDER. No need for the "rider" part. There's no riding going on with the creature anyway.

Yeah, that's the article's fault. It explains driders as being drow spider riders. Which makes sense from the perspective of someone who doesn't know what they're talking about.