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4e Most of the time, characters were only in those 5 anyway. lawful good rule-follower, good person, evil jerk, chaotic evil force of destruction, and unaligned and out the spectrum.

Exactly. People backed all these Kickstarters and bought these supplements. So they don't want the core systems changed so much. PF1 and the OSR live off people not wanting to give up old books. So D&D's tedious combat evolves at a snails pace.

I'm not saying that's the only option. But suggesting "Make less money for a not guaranteed more money in the long term when your customer base is shout at you to don't do it and treating not to buy" is not likely to ever happen. When D&D Next was announced, almost every single D&D celeb or...

"It might make them less money " And that's why it won't happen. Even the most charitable nice RPG companies don't aim to make less money. The Fantasy RPG industry is heavily reliant on WOTC for marketing. Only WOTC has the money to flood every inch of media that even sniffs with nerd culture...

You can't expect WOTC or any other company to do something that loses them money. That's why your imagined ecosystem will likely never exist. Because it requires several companies to lose tons of money.

Healthier for whom. WOTC is not going to make a true new edition unless they think it would make them a lot of money. And in 2022 when they floated the idea, the community backlash against a new edition was harsh. A cynic would say d&D combat is tedious in order to make it too complex to...

I do remember a very very loud reaction by fans about fears of lack of backwards compatibility. 90% of big change in the 2024 Playtest was down voted.

Sure better for the hobby. But significantly worse for the IP holder which is WOTC. That's why I often sigh as some fans suggest companies perform actions that would make them less money or lose them money. "X should give them us Y for free" Why would they do that? Or what are you agreeing to...

A lot of 5e's base in 202X are not used to a REAL edition change. The majority of them only played 5e. The minority went through the 2e to 3e, 3e to 4e, and/or 4e to 5e. So as much as people say "Blah I hate (fundamental 5e aspect), they aren't used to a game change that makes all the books...

5e is a victim of its own success. It brought in so many new fans and 3PP that it lacked the consumer mentality to allow for major update stronger than sunken cost.

But that's my point. 1e & 2e quick building, low features classes were built around the biases of the loot tables and DMs adjudicating for weaker PCs (and against strong PCs). That's why there were so many swords and axes. If a magic flaming sword dropped, only the fighter and elf could use...

That's the rub on supply and demand. The companies big enough to support VTT play are too big to run on niche desire The companies small enough to run niche desires are too small to support VTT play. From the beginning, even Gygax added stuff he didn't really plan to be in the game to...

That is one of the weird things about old D&D. Because they don't really tell you that or that information is hidden in a block of text. So it felt like the game was made for wargamers while it's also having a "Don't tell me what to do" mentality. THEN It also has a "I'm only adding elves...

Yeah Early D&D always assumed the DM would play favorites in magic items or supplement rules for: Fghters at high level Thieves at all levels MU at low levels Clerics were neutral and expected to get the fighters scraps on armor, hammers, maces, and clubs. As much as people say that 5e...

But thieves sucked at all levels. And past level 6 or 7, if you didn't play favorites to fighters for loot, mages get way ahead. And if you didn't get to level 7 or so, then you were supposed to play favorites for mages. But none of this was told. It was all hidden in the loot tables. You...

I think for some people, they don't like the DM playing favorites. And for most editions and spinoffs of D&D, the DM had to play favorites to warriors and expert types during play and game designers would play favorites to wizard and cleric types during design. Then pretend that it didn't or...

I don't fit in in most fantasy RPGs. My personal preference is worlds with magic where the magic, monsters, heroes, and villains actually act like how they would if magic spells and items exist. Not crafted in the form of some artificial narrative for a novel. A high level Archmage is in a...

When I'm on a train and I'm in the game design mode I dabble with The little simple RPG my family runs when they play together. In it a character doesn't simply attack. The character when you attack or cast a spell targeting someone has to choose whether they are attacking, aggressively...

Perhaps that's how you recreate the Linguist feat Linguist Origin Feat You have studied languages and codes, gaining the following benefits: Polyglot: You learn three languages of your choice. Spell Reader: You always have the Comprehend Languages prepared. You can cast it once without a spell...

Leather Armor is 11AC. Plate Armor is 18 AC 8 points. It's make +1 to hit very strong even against plate wearers. So we get +2 to damage and bonus action attacks, and extra attacks and +Prof to damage. And monsters get dozens of more HP Which makes kicking a barrel at foes a massive damage...