I am happy over here on Shard Tabletop, enjoying my Open 5E implementation of the rules, and also finally getting around to cracking open some of the books I collected for the 2014 edition.
And I hear D&D Beyond is busy adapting other systems to 5E D&D, and creating exclusives over there that I do not care about (5E Cthulhu, 5E Pathfinder), rented books with no physical copies or PDFs to own? Why would I even bother?
Tales of the Valiant (and Level Up A5E) are Open 5E these days, and you could still hold onto 2014 D&D, but sooner or later, some contractual support for those will run out, and support on whatever VTT you use will be dropped. I don't trust Wizards of the Coast anymore. I am not supporting their walled garden or the Apple-ifi-cation of D&D. Count me out, I run Linux over here.
If I can't run Linux on my hardware, then I don't want it.
I feel strangely immune to the D&D drama, and I haven't cared about it in months. I skip right over those clickbait Wizards drama videos. Who cares about D&D vs. Daggerheart? I play ToV and have 10 years of books to work through, and likely 50 years of megadungeons. I am good, thank you. I've bought enough.
Tales of the Valiant is my "game engine" for 5E, and I do not care about the vacant lot that is the 2026 D&D release schedule. I have the Kobold Press crowdfunding to jump on board with. Player's Guide 2 is on its way!
I have Night Hunters to look forward to! Look at all this cool stuff! Who cares about "web release" classes and powers from Wizards? These are hardcopy books with to-own PDFs! This is 5E Horror!
The world is much more fun outside of Wizards D&D, more interesting, and offers much more to look forward to and collect. The lack of drama, cool releases from Kobold Press, and my not caring about D&D YouTube make my time with ToV very enjoyable.
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