As far as I can plan for, yes! They've stated that the new system mechanics will be compatible with 5e, and as best as I can tell so far that shouldn't affect most of the content in this book. If there is content that would be affected (most likely to be Histories/how to convert Backgrounds to Histories, and Advanced Trainings), I will plan to add sidebars or a section of its own to the book explaining how I would convert content if such a conversion is needed. At the time of writing, the release date was accidentally leaked as May 2024, so there's a good chance I'll have the new system in hand before the book is completely finalized.

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Fortunately, it's free to design for 5th edition! The SRD is out in creative commons, meaning I don't have to rely on WotC to do the right thing with the game. I had some ideas that were best expressed first in 5e's mechanics, so that's where I'm starting. There are a lot of other amazing systems out there (I've designed some myself too), and I'm excited to expand or even convert my works into other systems in the future. A lot of people still play and intend to keep playing 5e with or without supporting WotC.

In my first campaign, Injuries and Vile Deeds, I partnered with ShipQuest to handle some orders from their UK hub to reduce shipping costs for UK/EU backers. Unfortunately, this ended up causing a number of delays in fulfillment and added a number of additional expenses and stresses to the project. If there ends up being a high international demand for the project, I will look into other options for more localized fulfillment, but I can't promise anything at this time.

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