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The real question is how many players should die and I don't think the answer is zero

Apropos way of putting it

I didn't say it was. I merely pointed out that we don't know.

I haven't.

One more global blockbuster and he can afford a second army!

Don't the rules associated with D&D's 'most successful years' give players the ability to decide when their character is lucky, when they're inspired, and all the player-authored worldbuilding background traits that we were talking about?

One of the big failures of modern D&D is that despite being focused on (at least from mid-levels onwards) effectively superheroes in a high magic setting, little attention is put into reversing death beyond the classic reincarnation and resurrection spells. There should be a bunch of game text...

See, skill issue. The background leads to the criminal, the criminal leads to the magical communication method

I was told that 'groan inducing', 'improbable nonsense' and 'logic be damned' are merely neutral descriptors with no value judgement

No, only some of us are

Maybe you're not seeing all the posters in the thread, but my post was in response to people who are saying that it's offensive to say a GM veto is about control

But it's not control! Glad we cleared that up

How disingenuous, pretending my post was in relation to something completely different

GM veto over that, pal

I don't think anyone is looking to die on a hill about 5e being perfectly written

Ah well, if it's lucrative, I guess you're right that no ethical judgement should ever be imposed.

That's ridiculous. It literally is about control. Control isn't automatically a pejorative. The GM in this situation requires creative control of what ingredients players can and can't add to the game so as to maintain a cohesive vision.

I once left my seat to go to the bathroom and a player stole all my dice and read the module. Weirdly a couple of weeks later he GM'ed something and he couldn't have been nicer

If magic can do anything, but nonmagical means are ineffective, isn't it likely that your friend who is a member of a large criminal conspiracy, has magical ways to transmit a message?

Again, no, you are talking about the satire, not the grimdark