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A couple of observations: In a standard D&D game, i.e. given availability of PHB spells and classes, verifiability is probably inevitable. If you have access to things like Plane Shift, Contact Other Plane, etc., you can eventually map out the universe/multiverse. Given that any symmetry that...

I really don't get what you're arguing for. How is anything you said not true of any fictional creation? Tolkien didn't study the pre-existing lifecycle of Elves, Herbert didn't conduct empirical research on the ecology of Dune, and Roddenberry didn't discover warp drive. They all just made...

I'm pointing out that if the real, actual Universe's structure is built on underlying symmetries, why is it offensive that a model of a fantasy multiverse might also be built that way?

As stated earlier, the structure of the Great Wheel cosmology is largely driven by underlying fundamental concepts. You know, a lot like the universe that we ourselves live in. You may be surprised by just how much progress has been made in the scientific understanding of our universe by...

It should be noted that all of these elements exist in 5e's version of the Great Wheel as well. Also, I don't want to keep harping on this, but I think a lot of folks are stuck on a proto-version of the Great Wheel concept as discussed in early 1e, when it was still in development. By the time...

Let me preface this by saying: I'm not trying to get anyone to like the Great Wheel or any other cosmological model that they don't already like. I have no interest in trying to "prove" that any model is somehow superior to any other. And I believe I understand your objections to the Great...

And others have played adventures in numerous multiplanar locations in the Great Wheel as a setting, in actual games. Which is only stated to demonstrate that your particular views on, and experiences with, the Great Wheel are not universal. You don't like the setting, that's fine, but it's...

I assume you're not familiar with 2e's Planescape setting, because almost nothing you've said above is true there. Chaos does not "stay nicely in its lane"; nor does Law, for that matter, nor Good nor Evil. It's repeatedly reinforced in the published materials that a constant push and pull...

As in, reread front to back? No, but what's your point? Because, after going back through all past DMGs, I'm fairly certain that the 2024 book is the very first DMG to even mention the term "sandbox". I can understand folks wanting more explicit support for teaching sandbox-style DMing. What I...

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Considering that the 2014 DMG didn't, AFAICT, mention sandbox campaigns at all, this shouldn't be a new concern. (Heck... over the decades, which of the DMGs actually have mentioned sandbox campaigns? You might be surprised if you keep reading this post!) Then be heartened! For it is, indeed...

How does the Cleric do that on a single turn? They can't use two spell slots, so is that a Channel Divinity healing of the Wizard or something? Sure, but the dragon wisely banished the Fighter first. However, in the 4-6 rounds you outlined, Weakening Breath would've saved 20-30 points of damage...

The banishment lasts until the start of the dragon's next turn. The target is going to lose their turn whether they come after or before the dragon in initiative order.

Minor point: Despite being described as a "scholarly acolyte", Sister Garaele appears to be a commoner in Phandelver & Beyond, and seems to have indeterminate stats in the original Lost Mine of Phandelver.

Well, originally they were usually completely humanoid in appearance. Like the Cat Lord from 1e's MMII: Or DiTerlizzi's Planescape Animal Lords:

Being pedantic... I believe the first Animal Lord in D&D was the Cat Lord, published in 1e's Monster Manual II (i.e. pre-Planescape). Very interested to see what the new ones are like!

Heck, D&D has even done this to itself! Now all Type IV Demons are called "Nalfeshnees", Type V Demons are all "Mariliths", and all Type VI Demons are "Balors"! Marilith was an individual, with her own personality and history and desires; she doesn't deserve to have her bad name appropriated by...

I'd never thought of it that way, but it's a good point. I do miss the Minor Action and Standard Action of 4e. If I recall, the explanation given for the change during the D&D Next phase of 5e's development was that the designers wanted to streamline player decision-making to taking an Action...