Posting a humorous example of a similarly close minded mentality filtered through the lens of "correct" d&d play that instead makes both subjects look like fools.
The D&D game I joined right after college, literally everyone involved in it changed their stated sexuality and/or gender by the time it ended.
Fun fact; the fact I was locked out of the polycule forming at that table was part of how I figured out I, myself, was ace.
I'm not going to bother reading the entirety of the thread; but I just want to bring up the idea that LGBTQ+ representation being "modern politics" is naughty word silly. Not only have there been people that we would consider to be gay, trans, bi, lesbian, queer or asexual in the past (we stan ace...
Real-world medievalists don't like the term "dark age", saying it's a fiction invented by renaissance historians.
So lean into it. Greyhawk is dark age fiction; it's not "medieval fantasy", it's "dark age fantasy." I've personally been doing some research on the Bronze Age Collapse and Greek...
There needs to be some kind of serialized narrative with cliffhangers that'll keep fans speculating between issues. Maybe a comic book like Snarf Quest, personally I think that someone should try combining the popularity of Actual Plays like Critical Role with the Japanese tradition of the...
Here's another villainous option I could see them rolling out: use the feat path system to let players become Athasian Dragons if they are truly working on a Dark Sun book
I say this literally; what is the appeal of the Dalelands? It seems to be the blandest part of the otherwise really interesting forgotten realms, yet I go to other D&D forums and people are like "FINALLY a RETURN to the DALELANDS! I've been waiting since highschool for this!" and I just like...