D&D 5E Tired of doing WotC's job

[AaronOfBarbaria]

Being a D&D designer must be an ungrateful job... make one decision, gamers protest you didn't make the opposite one, make the opposite and they'll protest you didn't make the first, let them choose and they protest you didn't choose for them.

And if you dare say "I believe in you being able to make a better choice for your specific table than I can" they'll fire back with "then what am I even paying you for?!"

 

[Li Shenron]

And if you dare say "I believe in you being able to make a better choice for your specific table than I can" they'll fire back with "then what am I even paying you for?!"

Although... I admit I have said exactly that sometimes, but usually in the context of reading adventures and finding lots of "fill it yourself" rooms.

 

[Oofta]

What ho:

But that doesn't include a price and weight for just the cloak.

 

[Fenris-77]

But that doesn't include a price and weight for just the cloak.

Also, this needs to be indexed to the price and weight of a half-cloak, which is, oddly, neither half price nor half weight. We may need a complicated algorithm of some kind and perhaps a bunch of linked d1000 tables to get this all sorted.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Also, this needs to be indexed to the price and weight of a half-cloak, which is, oddly, neither half price nor half weight. We may need a complicated algorithm of some kind and perhaps a bunch of linked d1000 tables to get this all sorted.

It also needs to be indexed relative to the height of the wearer and the minimum night-time temperature, with and without tent.

 

[Fenris-77]

It also needs to be indexed relative to the height of the wearer and the minimum night-time temperature, with and without tent.

Don't forget the bedrolls, jeeze. All that camping gear needs to be costed relative to the height of the character too. I like to help small characters feel small by giving them a 'little people' discount on pup tents. Mind you, I also try to sell them on some factory seconds camping mugs with curiously small handles, so there's some win there for everyone.

 

[Guest 6801328]

There’s definitely been a fundamental change in the nature of what an RPG is over the last 20 years or so. Used to be tweaking and houseruling your game was part of playing it. It was fun! Now it’s “WotC's job”.

Kids these days!

 

[Guest 6801328]

But that doesn't include a price and weight for just the cloak.

WotC isn't supporting my "dirty old man flasher" character concept. I want my money back.

 

[Reynard]

This thread reminds me of a certain thread about baths and warm beds, in that the multitudes are coming out to tell the OP how wrong they are for daring to want to include such mundane and unfunny elements in THEIR game.

 

[Guest 6801328]

This thread reminds me of a certain thread about baths and warm beds, in that the multitudes are coming out to tell the OP how wrong they are for daring to want to include such mundane and unfunny elements in THEIR game.

That's funny, because what I find common about both threads is that "if you think that's fun, you don't need a rule for it" gets misinterpreted as "you are playing wrong".