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I don't come on these forums much anymore, but I learned about this yesterday and wanted to just express my thoughts. I've been reading Lackey's Valdemar Chronicles, and it saddens me to learn of this. I don't think she meant any harm but what she said; I think it was a slip of the tongue, or...

Just watched this video and the one about changes to player races. I haven't been following much D&D news lately, but I happened to come across this. I have mixed feelings about it make more multiversal. On the one hand, I think it's cool they're exploring the multiverse more, but on the other...

Love CR--I will be checking this out.

Gods are actually among my favorite aspects of D&D.

I was going to originally say no, but I settled on undecided, because my feelings are currently mixed.

I can note some differences between the "then and now" declaration. For one thing (and also they seemed to have changed their stance a bit since this declaration, at least until now), despite this statement, novels and other published material (with the exception perhaps of games like BG) were...

I would argue that Salvatore has always done his own thing, regardless of edition lol (he mostly ignores the lore), and that DMs and players have always been able to make the game what they will. And I feel like 5e has been treating the lore willy-nilly, anyway, and making up new things with...

As an FR fan, I'm not saying they should shut it down, I'm just saying that since their current approach seems to be "clean slate", if they wanted to do that, they should make a new setting, rather than "cleaning slate" with current settings. This doesn't mean getting rid of the old ones...

(Quoted you both since you said similar things). That is a good point. Many of their in-universe explanations...haven't been great. The rest of my post still stands though. I still feel like they are just trying to handwave (and are being disrespectful and two faced, to boot) and at least with...

Lol you're probably right. I just saw this thread first.

While settings can change and evolve (especially ones that have been around a while), this statement from Crawford--and WotC at large--ignores decades of established lore, and is basically their way of handwaving it all away. I'm not saying they have to adhere to every single canon thing that...

Not gonna lie, this recent declaration made me mad; it's two-faced and disrespectful to the creators and writers who have worked for decades on the lore. Sure, there has been inconsistencies and retcons, but this is a bit much, imho. DMs have always been able to make it their own--heck...

I said a lot, because one of the things that drew me to D&D is the lore, and it's mostly what I've followed. To me, if you're going to have an established setting (Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, Planescape, etc), then the lore is important. This doesn't mean you can't tweak/ignore the lore, but in...

Even though, as others pointed out earlier in this thread, there have long been settings that are godless (or at the very least, their existence is in question), but it does seem like there is more of a leaning these days to, if not entirely remove the gods, then push them further back. Gods...

I love having deities in fantasy (probably why I am drawn to settings like Forgotten Realms, and avoid settings like Dark Sun), so they're an important part of the world to me. I like to have them involved, but also strike a balance of them remaining somewhat mysterious. This will also vary by...

Also remember that Lolth isn't the only drow deity. You could involve Eilistraee, or the elven Seldarine. Mechanics wise, i don't really have advice.

I missed the survey, but I'm a little anxious. Oh well, I've kind of pulled away from D&D related stuff for a while (except for CR), which is why I'm only here sporadically.

Hmmm...given as I haven't actually played D&D in forever, and am mostly follow things for lore purposes, it is hard to say. I know I would personally like a more lore-centered PHB (though still have room for mechanics and stuff to, you know, help players). I realize this would probably deter...

It'll be interesting to see Matt as a player. I'm looking forward to C3, ultimately, but this is bound to be entertaining.

Others have responded to this already, but I wanted to add my two cents, even though the thread has moved beyond it a bit. Of course everyone's playing style is going to be different, but many people enjoy relationships in RPGs, whether that is platonic or romantic. They also like fleshing out...