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I didn’t realize those were the entirety of steampunk aesthetic. My bad. Edit: also, from the current DMG. No steampunk aesthetic there, at all (though sadly, we can't see how the airship passengers are dressed to confirm whether there are any top hats or bustles): Though there is this one...

I think we’re all agreed that D&D is and has always been a fantasy mutt, but I also think the OP has a point in asserting that the steampunk aesthetic is an increasingly pervasive element.

OP, have you played with the 2024 rules before? Martial PCs are already significantly stronger, especially at low levels, and giving them +2 in every physical stat, plus max HP at level 2, will make them broken compared to other classes, plus will really screw with encounter balance. Edit: for...

Perhaps if you read their rhetoric from a Canadian perspective you would feel differently.

Here's the 2024 rules: Creating a Background A character’s background represents what the character did prior to becoming an adventurer. Creating a unique background or customizing an existing one from the Player’s Handbook can reflect the particular theme of your campaign or elements of your...

A lot of steampunk aesthetic has made its way to D&D, though it is often reflavoured as magic (e.g. artificers). It's not exactly steampunk but it's not exactly Renaissance, and sure as heck isn't medieval anymore, to the extent it ever was.

I'm into it - cast is amazing!

Sure...according to the way you interpret those alignments. You can get to the same place (and every writer does) without worrying about it. I mean, Gygax justified murdering babies as lawful good in certain circumstances, so... If the point of roleplaying is to play as your character...

CR also employs somewhere around 80 people now, so they have a lot of factors to consider when making a huge decision like this - that's a lot of livelihoods to be responsible for, and it's clear they take that very seriously. Above all, I think they are large enough now that they have to be...

This is a + thread, so I don't want to get into the many reasons I dislike alignment. It serves a valuable purpose for some, and that is enough to justify it in the game. I will say that, as a creative writing teacher, I have never heard of a single author who worries about "alignment" when...

Okay, why should you play 1e? Well, because it's the OG! Or at least the closest version of the game to the OG that is actually playable by itself. And don't wrorry about all the tables and confusing rules, because nobody played it entirely as written back in the day, including Gary Gygax, so...

I utterly, completely reject this. Been playing for more than forty years, run innumerable games, and have run the D&D Club at a high school for years where I teach beginners how to play. The vast majority of players love inventing characters and concepts and trying out new ideas and...

True, and it's also a niche game within a niche segment of the TTRPG space. Going for a chunk of (essentially) Call of Cthulhu's turf is a lot different from trying to grab a little chunk of D&D vast terrain.

I’m confused. “Why you wouldn’t” and “why would anyone not” are the same question, except the latter is more general. Is this thread supposed to be why anyone SHOULD want to play 1e? Like, just give the positives?

1e will always be my first love, and I would still play it but not run it. 5e keeps the vibe but is miles easier to run and doesn’t punish players for wanting to play something that wasn’t Gary Gygax’s preference.

Definitely seems legit. If it's from anonymous insiders and all.

I, on the other hand, love Old Ones and eldritch entities and work them in all over the place! Partly because I have a lot of really great miniatures for them. I love freaky looking monsters. Also, even though I like moral complexity in the story, there are times when it is fun for players to...

What if I don't care about what kobolds are "supposed" to have or be able to do according to anyone else's canon and I create the scenario that will be fun in my game? Does that make me an "adversarial DM"? I am very confident that my players do not see me as an adversarial DM. I put a lot of...

Sure, but that's just a balance issue. I think the concept is great fun; you just have to balance it so that the players can adapt and overcome unless they insist on being stupid. I've also used a similar concept when the point is for the party to get through the area as quickly as possible, not...

Yes, and Mexico and Canada do indeed trade with each other, which means goods do indeed cross another nation. So it's relevant to Mexico when they ship to Canada, not just Alaska. It's okay, we're used to Americans forgetting we exist. In fact, we prefer it to the current alternative.