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They may do as they please, but there are very definite reasons linked directly to WotC's choices and attitudes that Mike Mearls carefully danced around when stating that D&D is "uncool again". He stated the outcome, but not the key factors in WHY D&D has arrived at this low point. And what...

When they decided that genetically evil, mortal races/species were no longer allowed in the game, they officially jumped the shark. They take pride in snorting in derision at the traditional player base, our norms, and dismissing us as relics of an unenlightened, intolerant past. This is the...

Conceited villains, the salvation of adventurers throughout all times and planes of existence. ;)

No ability scores? Big no thank you, thanks. This has drifted too far away from my comfort zone. I'm old enough that I am happily settled in my preferences and those largely hit their limits with D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder 1.

Congratulations on your planar aspect/avatar being featured on the cover of "Turn of Fortune's Wheel". I do hope they did not nerf your exemplary Lothiness in the adventure.

That's the maddening part of their sloth. The work has already been done and done quite lavishly, in fact. All they would have to do is update the number crunching and some tertiary and quaternary elements of various planes of existence and their inhabitants to merge smoothly with the latest...

Hmm, yes and no. It's tough to choose between two options when you are only presented with one of them for review. I believe if more people today were exposed to and had direct knowledge of the lore and the richness of what was developed for AD&D and 2E, a sizeable percentage of current players...

That only works if the masses genuinely enjoy the fast-food/food truck dishes they are offering. In this case, nostalgia is appropriate as the lore of AD&D and 2E hugely outclasses what they are doing today. I want a five-course meal, not roach coach grab 'n' go mediocrity.

And the pre-order for hardcopy sets begins when?

Which of these possibilities might it be? a) When your enemy is blind to the fact that they are doing something self-destructive or that will present you with an opportunity to strike at them, do not interfere. b) You need time to muster resources to deal with the problem, so you bide your time...

A species may have several races/breeds/subspecies, extant or extinct, which qualify as members of said species. I had no problem--still don't, to be honest--with the term race being used as a synonym for species by Tolkien because the orcs were altered and corrupted elves and all (humans...

Oh, Rule #2 made a regular appearance at my table back in the day. Players: Well, we can do that because our characters are speshullllll. Me: We're all special in our own minds, NPCs included.

Yes, really. I'm largely a grognard, a legacy content-liker in all its various manifestations. If I enjoyed the original form of ABcdEF, then the reimagining and remaking of it into AbCdeF--updated for a new generation!--has all the appeal of fingernails on a chalkboard.

Praise day at even, a wife when dead, a weapon when tried, a maid when married, ice when ’tis crossed, and ale when ’tis drunk.----Havamal The original made such a powerful impression that I think caution is due, lest we find the "updated and improved" version more honestly described as...

Two steps forward, five steps backwards.

Two steps forward, five steps backwards.

How do your deities regard and interact with the denizens of the Outer Planes, the planes of belief to which souls and spirits travel after shuffling off their mortal coil? Is the relationship between them congenial, neutral, or antagonistic?

"Believable" adventures must be cut from a consistent cloth and they must not strain my credulity. The former mandates maintaining verisimilitude via internal consistency and the latter means placing low to low-medium limits on the fantastical elements of the campaign. The milieu of "A Song of...

Perhaps because I'm an adult and my tastes have evolved a bit since my middle-school days of playing AD&D--less credulous, more critical. Even "back in the day" I found anachronisms jarring and distasteful, albeit less so than I do now. What would earn my money? Peter Jackson's LotR trilogy...

Hmmm, I may have to look into this. Thank you for the heads-up.