That's not the feedback he was looking for. He wanted someone to look at the traits of his Nordic Dragonborn and tell him if they were or were not balanced in terms of 5e game play. Do you want him to use something other than Nordic for his Dragonborn? He used the word Nordic because he's...
Another thing that would make a TTRPG into a variant of D&D is compatibility. If you can use something from an RPG such as ToV or A5e in 5e without seriously modifying it, then it's a variant.
When the TTRPG uses a particular D&D edition as its' chassis. They'll use the same game mechanics as that edition while introducing new material and/or fixes to problems that exist in that edition.
Pathfinder 1st edition- 3.0e/3.5e
Tales of the Valiant- 5e
Level Up: A5e- 5e
But more...
This is something to be expected because Brownian Motion isn't a topic that comes up with any regular frequency in a person's day to day life. And when it does come up, it gets something of a passing glance. No follow-up Investigation check.
Besides, @Redthistle was using Brownian Motion as an...
I am going to be 55 in a couple of months. I have had a couple instances where I have told someone my real age, much to their surprise. When I asked them about how old I am, they're usually off by 10 years. :p Genetics is a thing! :p It also helps that I had avoided certain super-stressful...
Reacting would probably be WoTC 'borrowing' whatever novel elements that proved to be popular in Daggerheart and incorporating them into a future 2024 book or a potential 6e book. Anything that could put them into the lead again.
This is pretty spot on for me. :p Ever since I backed Level Up (first time at crowdfunding anything), I feel like I have invested some of my time and money in it. I have bought several of its' books and 3pp books. And I have done a lot of evangelizing for it on some EN World forum threads. :p...