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Unless you're going to march on WotC and start making demands, issues with the rules need to be handled at the table level, which means...

Private companies are often owned by folks with a closer connection to the product being produced. Shareholders have no particular need...

That doesn't make it not a thing worth being irritated about.

The problem isn't companies making a profit, it is companies serving shareholders instead of customers.

Why and how a publically-owned company chooses to increase their profits matters to me. I don't trust the motives of companies...

Again, WotC was already making plenty of profit off D&D. They were hardly hurting for cash.

Right. i think it would be keen if D&D got in the hands of a privately held company again. it won't ever happen, but it would be keen.

That's correct. I don't see the problem. What I think you're describing (correct me if I'm wrong) is the way it works. The DM has always...

That's the division of power in trad games. You talk to your GM and they help, or you step out, or you live with it. You can't make...

I agree with Micah Sweet on this one. It doesn't need to be complicated. Have a problem with a rule, talk to your GM about it. Obviously...

I’ve always* used the rule that PC’s only level up in a place of safety, but I didn’t remember where it was from. * Always, as in DMing...

Because the thought process wasn't "How can we make more and better product, thus serving our customer base?" It was, "How can we get...

1 - you don't need every last detail of background etc. unless the PCs are likely to get to know the NPC beyond combat. 2 - if...

Which tells me loud and clear that the PCs need some serious toning down across the board in order to fit in better with their settings...

I prefer the idea that they are not special, but can become so.