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Seems like they're talking out of both sides of their mouth.

I just remembered that I bought this third-party supplement ages ago, so I may try adapting some of those items for the tea effects. https://www.dmsguild.com/product/171344/Recipe-Crafting-for-Consumables I'm still worried about balance, though. To require a skill roll or not to require a skill...

TL;DR: I want to give one of my players the opportunity to make a few magical teas with mechanical effects, but I don't want to make the teas or the character too powerful. For context, I am currently running a campaign in the Koryo Hall of Adventures setting (based on Korean folklore), in...

Some great suggestions here, thanks! I especially like the petrified ship.

I'd like to see it! I can always use more golems (I have a weakness for them).

Just introduce them to a wealthy mark and watch them fleece him/her?

Pun intended?

I thought the short Ixalan "Plane Shift" document had some really interesting stuff in it. Maybe if they expanded on that (yes, I know the MtG settings are controversial).

I'm confused by what you mean here. When you say "That's not what D&D is," are you referring to the fact that most monsters are from European-based folklore? If so, there's no reason you can't add new and different monsters--in fact, that's been expected ever since the early days.

In the Koryo Hall of Adventures setting, the gods are missing or at least have broken off communication after a wizard caused a magical disaster hundreds of years ago. One of the main antagonist organizations, the Sect of Changjo, is dedicated to trying to bring them back through human sacrifice...

That's what I don't get, though. How are the "theater kids" ruining D&D for these people? Not enough action, or are they worried that non-optimized characters will drag the party down, or what?

So maybe they're not open about wanting it--then the challenge becomes how to heist away all this treasure (or as much as they can take) after the battle, before the others know what's happening. Could be a fun epilogue to the campaign. It would make them legendary in criminal circles, if that...

Can someone please explain why "theater kids" is a pejorative term in some D&D circles and/or why it is assumed that "theater kids" have only recently taken an interest in D&D?

I was just going to suggest this. If they're motivated by material rewards, the hoard that is being assembled at the Well of Dragons would be a score beyond their wildest dreams. Could be part of their negotiations with the various other groups, too: "And remember, we get first choice of the...

Link to a thread from a GM looking for suggestions on how to motivate players/PCs who don't especially care about saving the world: https://www.enworld.org/threads/rise-of-tiamat-with-a-mostly-not-good-party-looking-for-hooks.706358/

No reason you can't put magic types (back) into your own campaign, especially if you're playing in a homebrew world.

That explains why they felt entitled to do it, but not why they assumed their customers would be happy about it.

So yeah, they were planning on taking away what people already had (on their character sheets). Why on earth would they assume that was a good idea?

Why would they think people would be happy to lose access to the older stuff, though? That's what I don't get. (I don't use D&D Beyond, but I gather the problem was that they were going to make the 2014 stuff completely disappear?)

Thanks, @JEB ! That's exactly what I was looking for.