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I admit, as much as I'm trying, Yaarel, I'm having trouble even getting my mind around this. I've created monotheistic campaigns, and it required exactly zero rules changes. I just told my players, "This is the religious situation, ignore any references to multiple gods," and that was quite...

I would counter, though, that if you go that route, you will lose some of the audience who aren't interested in a thematically "watered down" version of their setting. The trick is to walk that narrow pathway that displeases the fewest of each chunk of audience. Now you're probably (and, IMO...

I had totally forgotten this (or maybe I never realized, since I was introduced to the latter/revised boxed set prior to the original). Thank you for pointing this out. I still feel like the planar isolation is an important aspect of the setting, but I acknowledge that others might have solid...

You're right. It's a fundamental disagreement. I 100% believe that new settings should, as was said elsewhere, expand in some directions and contract in others, if that's what best fits their mood and aesthetic. They're better, and thematically stronger, for doing so. And I view Dark Sun as...

Sure. And individual DMs are welcome to add them back in for a home campaign. But they shouldn't be part of the setting as written.

To me, omitting something where it contradicts the feel, theme, mood, and/or aesthetic of a setting is the higher standard. I expect official products to be willing to leave out or change core elements, in addition to adding new ones, and I consider that a sign of strong world design.

I think it's fine to look for places where a mechanic can find a home in a setting, as long as it's not forced to a point where it violates the theme and aesthetics of said setting. Again, using Athas as an example... I said before that I could see adding dragonborn (as dray or related), but...

Depends who you ask, but I've always considered it a recipe book for the DM, not a list of options that are always available.

I think it was worse for not having some element of fear/horror/Powers checks. They needn't have been the same as the old versions, or nearly as ubiquitous. I think it was worse for not having some limits on certain kinds of spells, though again, they could be a lot lighter than what came...

I like D&D. I like D&D doing those subgenres. I don't care if other settings do those subgenres better, I want to play them in D&D and/or play the D&D version of them. Dark Sun isn't generic sword-and-sorcery or sword-and-planet, it's specifically a D&D version thereof, and that's part of what I...

Give me differences. Give me Dark Sun with no clerics and cannibal halflings. Give me Eberron with races nobody else has, and a totally different planar system. Give me Ravenloft where anyone not mostly human-looking is likely to be treated like a monster. A major part of what makes these...

Wolfgang makes lots of 5E material through Kobold Press. As for Al Qadim or other existing D&D settings... The terms of DM's Guild are friendly to newcomers with small projects. They're a lot less enticing to people who want to do larger, more comprehensive books, since they don't allow for...

Wow. We made it. We reached the Brian Hodge novel stretch goal. Thank you all so much for participating. We've still got about half a day left before Kickstarter is over. There's a lot of good stuff to be had, and the next stretch goal is pretty nifty, so you ought to take a look if you haven't...

Also, while it's not what all of you are looking for... ;) Those of you who are interested in Lost Citadel fiction, we've actually gotten really close to the Brian Hodge novel stretch goal. That's in addition to the anthology and the novel already announced.

I hear you about your greater interest in mechanics. Certainly in the future we'll keep in mind that there's a portion of the D&D Kickstarter audience who would prefer we have at least a small portion of mechanics decided in advance, so we can describe them even if they're not in a form clean...

I basically agree with Satyrn. Grab attack to grapple/pick up, then treat skeleton 1 as an improvised weapon against skeleton 2, with both taking damage on a hit and only s1 taking damage on a miss. Sure, it should probably, technically be harder than that, with skeleton 1 thrashing around and...

Two days left. Two. Time for the second wind, last-lap burst of energy, people. Let's make this project end up as big as we possibly can. :)

The 1E character sheet had space for a character's last will and testament, for Pete's sake. The notion that a line is somehow mandatory to fill that out because it's on the sheet is absurd on the face of it.

We're getting really close to the DM's screen, guys. :) If you haven't backed yet, you're running low on time...

I see that you make a habit of posting amongst civilized people of refined tastes. ;)