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If they planned ahead with an edition they could tag certain abilities for easy removal or addition and make sure that doing so didn't leave gaps. Continuous healing, easy status reset, extreme travel speed, food/water, shelter, teleportation, major divination, easy communication, and...

The observation of falsehoods about things you have deep knowledge of and interest in can be very, very uncomfortable. Nobody is going to start a schism war over it, but if people spent enough time talking about how Baldur's Gate 3 is a great Pathfinder game or the like someone would eventually...

? It was literally the Pinkertons.

I find it helpful to break out specific components of editions rather than taking them as a whole. 2E has that vast and creative lore to it that has the capacity to be mostly rules-agnostic as long as there are sufficient analogues. 3E has a wealth of character ideas of varying execution which...

Mischaracterization is not helpful. Nobody is calling for a lawsuit against Hasbro nor calling the police on them. Nobody is demanding exclusivity. Some people would like to ALSO have their tastes catered to, whether or not that is a financially sound action or something WotC has the right...

I think we can fairly assume that everyone is less happy when the things they like are less available.

Fancy material is a good add-on for a low-magic weapon. A cold iron sword +1 solves a wider range of problems and its benefits can be appreciate without knowledge of mathemagic.

I expect that D&D is at a stage where it is not going to be able to create its own hype outside of its existing audience barring some sort of impossible to predict event. It will get spikes with new editions and new media external to itself (Harry Potter, Dark Souls, etc.) but it's not primed...

There are some variations regarding deviation from an established standard or goal, which is typically what happens when people are seeking to be objective. As with preference it's rare to label and identify our reference points sufficiently, and a bit exhausting to do so - especially when...

Okay, so you did mean some. Thank you for clarifying!

It's not really possible to escape preference in criticism. "I want to know if I hit with my attack" is a preference - a thing you "like". It's a matter of filtering out bad faith and preferences you don't share.

I'm not sure how else to read your second paragraph as-written. Did you mean to imply "some" instead of "all" without actually stating "some"? Darned natural language. :p

I once provided the PCs with information that a frost brand was said to be hidden in a frost giant lair, when they were much lower level than even basic frost giants, and they just said nope we'll just keep hanging out with the cannibal snow elves where it's safe.

This leaves no room for criticism except by those who put up with the flaws. It's useful to know what preferences are in play, but someone who dislikes a system can still identify problems with it to allow those who like a system to improve it.

More or less like video games. Indies explore more freely but can't afford the same kinds of testing and polish as the corps, but corps can also spend a lot of money testing and polishing a product that never stops being riddled with flaws while still playing it very safe.

You can just search for "where to watch Legend" and a few sites will tell you where. Peacock has it for subscription, Apple, Amazon, and YouTube have it, etc. I have it on DVD because it's that good.

I recognize that 5.XE is not for me and my ethics positions aside I am happy for those who enjoy what I do not. I have games I prefer and I play those, even if I'm sad the stories I enjoy are not evolving in a way I see value in. I have fairly strong opinions about the quality of the new...

It varies. Tragic figures are often striving to avoid repeated tragedies, sometimes failing. Tragic villains are often repeating tragedies on purpose.

Cliche as they are, this much of why tragic heroes and villains are so popular - you get to see who they are when the worst has already happened.

It is true that you cannot have tragedy if consequences are not part of the game.