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We did. There were. Remember Thaco the clown?

In my 5e games, martial characters gain access to mini-feats, like Warlock invocations, that give them a permanent boost. While some are common to all martial classes, some of them are exclusives . Fighters, Monks and Rangers get access to one that allows them to make a Perception check in the...

I prefer the 2024 DMG formulation, precisely because it emphasizes that D&D is a social activity, and your players have a say.

Actually, most Large and even Huge creatures ARE likely to get stuck in a web. Take a 9th level wizard whose party is facing 2 frost giants. Let’s assume the wizard started with a 16 Int and used one of his ASIs to increase his Int. His spell DC is 16. He casts Web, catching one of the frost...

Why should it have to be acceptable to you? You’re not one of my players.

But even if you have time skips and downtime, the characters aren’t spending that time crafting. You said it yourself: they have families, they have things to do. They are meeting their lieges and vassals, they are supervising construction of their keeps, they are building trade routes. Or...

So during the entire campaign, the PCs have a single 60-day downtime period. This seems reasonable, and actually bolsters @EzekielRaiden ’s point, that (i) multiple periods of unlimited downtime are rare; and (ii) it’s pretty easy for the DM to interrupt players taking multiple periods of...

If the problem is… then no, switching to PF2 doesn’t fix anything. Edit. Note, I’m not disagreeing with your original point.

I’m not sure it does. I like Ed Sheeran. I like his songs. I would think it was extremely cool if, in the middle of a concert, he sang a Taylor Swift cover. This has intellectual property considerations, but it would definitely be awesome. Likewise, a warforged in Ravenloft would be pretty...

The scene you described has nothing to do with the party, period. That’s a problem. The party isn’t even a viewpoint character, Hermione is. You're not providing background, you’re deluging the characters with a 15 minute monologue that includes information the characters couldn’t possibly...

Unfortunately, I think it is no longer on print. I tried to get it for my son and the cost was prohibitive.

I wouldn’t play in it. The DM doesn’t seem to have any respect for players’ agency.

If so, I hope they start with wilderness and urban before branching off into planar adventures. 100% of the campaigns I have played in involved wilderness or urban exploring. 1 has involved the planes.

These seems like a fairly far-fetched conclusion to draw from extremely thin evidence. 1. Maybe the writers don’t consider that pre-made world-building tables and random encounter tables are particularly useful to encouraging world—building; 2. Maybe the writers, as has been suggested...

Well, you know what they say, it is better for 10 innocent people to be punished, than one guilty person to go free.

I just don’t think you can credibly claim that the other factors are independent of design choices. There is a lot of social media supporting 5e, but that because 5e’s fairly streamlined design supports Let’s Plays more than 3e, 4e and PF2. Matt Mercer is on record stating that Crit Role...

I’ve incorporated a couple: Martial characters increase the die size of the weapons they use by one size; Martial characters get expertise in one skill (Athletics or History for Fighters, Athletics or Nature for Barbarians, Religion or Insight for Monks). Proficiency in one additional saving throw.

I made a ton of decisions when I’m “in game mode” that are normally outside the character’s hands. My barbarian decides that “this fight” he’s going to rage. The battlemaster decides that “this turn” the monster is going to provide an opening to use battlemaster maneuvers. I decide that NOW...

Your conclusion is flawed. Not all DMs are a monolith. Nor are all players. Some DMs are even players, and vice-versa. It is incorrect to suggest that changes to the game will be unpopular if they favour players, and popular if they favour DMs.

Is this where we start ranting about “kids these days”? I tell you, I was babysitting my 18-month old nephew and he had no concept of object permanence!