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I can only hope that it will be part of a general lifting of setting exclusions. It is absolutely ridiculous to consider that you could adapt classic D&D material for use with 5e as long as you set it in a Magic the Gathering world, but updating it for 5e in its native D&D setting would remain...

Remember the first Spider Man trailer, where he webs a helicopter between the twin towers?

All of that is true, and yet there is a heightened element to "political correctness" now that has not been present for most of my lifetime. It's not even political correctness any more, at least not in the way the term was applied in the 1990s. On issues ranging from school bullying to asking...

I suppose there's something to be said for pissing off both sides of the conflict. I'm reminded of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, which was a popular book that became a move based on the (obviously fictional) premise that the Confederacy was a cover for vampires. There is also a movie in...

That's just ridiculous. There is exactly one "pet class" in the game, so if that's what you want to run you have no other options. Furthermore, if you can't acknowledge that it is a problem for this subclass to have either the Beastmaster or the pet be, in essence, a spectator for the other...

The whole FR setting is open for updates and conversion on the DMs Guild store, isn't it? I would guess that if there was a significant demand for 5e FR content that someone would be publishing it there, though not necessarily WotC. The two settings I really want to see revisited are Dark Sun...

It really isn't off point, or off topic, or ridiculous. What you limit, what you add via homebrew, and what the role of the DM is (or should be) in the typical game group or the ideal game group--these are all related issues, and should absolutely be discussed together. This is especially true...

Remember the movie Excalibur? "You and the land are one, my king." Strahd says "I am the ancient, I am the land." Strahd and Barovia are linked, and so for Barovia, like for Strahd, blood is life. That's why adventurers are drawn in through the mists... not just because Strahd is bored, but...

No, it is not the job of the DM to dictate the terms and conditions of the game. The DM creates or controls the world, and runs the game, but the terms and conditions of the game are agreed to by the group of people playing it, including the DM. Even if the DM makes an integrated pitch including...

In fairness, if Bob's not pitching in for gas or expenses and he's being petulant, that does somewhat change the situation.

To further beat on this horse that is already coughing up blood, no one is talking about "completely changing" anything here. That's your ridiculous example that you imagine might prove your otherwise untenable point. What we're talking about is the limitation or admission of individual slices...

It is the job of the DM to be the final arbiter of the rules, not to disregard the players. It may be that you've never watched Critical Role, I myself haven't watched it in a while. I do know, however, that Matt uses a "tactical grid" in the form of battlemaps and elaborate Dwarven Forge...

Using Matt as an example doesn't help your argument, because Matt adapts the rules of the game and the lore of the world to accommodate his players' desires. Just sayin'.

Sounds like Bob needs to be more assertive, but whereas Barbara was the spokesman for the group, you were not. I don't know how far away the con was, but claiming the prerogative to tell everyone in the group when it's time to go seems more than a bit obnoxious, and actually rolling out without...

You do seem to love that "failed bad" terminology. I think the distinction here is not between "a player" and "the DM." In either case one person shouldn't be dictating the terms and conditions of the game to everyone else in the group. The important distinction is between the group as a whole...

See above.

Another change to CoS that I feel is necessary is making some sense of the Mad Mage of Mt Baratok. The Archwizard in question would not be likely to engage Strahd, and if he did he would have beaten him, in part because he would have arrived at the head of an army from the Citadel. What Barovia...

Some folks might be hesitant to mess with the Strahd backstory, since it goes all the way back to I6. I thought one change would be very significant in the characterisation of Strahd, though--to provide an actual betrayal for him to remain bitter about. In the revised history, Strahd decides to...

I don't think we actually disagree on "when," either. I am completely in agreement that once the terms of the campaign have been set and the campaign begins, the DM is the absolute final arbiter. I've said that very thing myself, but it was a few pages back. I do think that the players aren't...

Matt bends over backwards to provide a game that his players will enjoy. His game is so enjoyable that thousands of people who aren't playing in the campaign will watch it, live, for hours and hours, every Thursday. It boggles the mind. So let's imagine Matt were inclined to run his campaign...