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I prefer to see the Core Rules as 1 set of rules that are separated into 3 books. They are intended to work together. I think it is appropriate for alternate/variant/modular campaign-affecting options, and the advice that they want to provide to implement them, to live in the DMG rather than...

I am thinking of the Community as group of diverse individuals with a spectrum of interest. For the sake of my point, let's consider the Community as a whole pie of RPG gamers. Whether you measure it via money spent, or games/campaigns played, the D&D slice of the pie is the biggest, though that...

D&D is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room, yes. It is the oldest and most popular RPG IP. They have the money for the advertising and media options. The modern rules are very popular and are easy to onboard new players. But it is the Community that decides that D&D gets that share of the business...

So... it's ok for a person to have a negative reaction to one person's comments... ...and it's not ok to have a negative reaction to another person's comments? Alright. As long as we understand the rules.

Individually, we can start homebrewing the spells we want to keep that are being retired. It's pretty simple to do, as we don't even have to edit them to be different as long as it is for your campaigns. They only have to be different if you want to share them with the world. Want to keep 2014...

You're really trying to pin me down in the weeds for a tongue in cheek comment. I gave an updated opinion, clarifying how I felt about 3rd party D&D clones and supplements. Your pushing for more, asking me to go beyond the bounds of my clarification, for... genuine curiosity about my opinion...

I mean to say, in a tongue in cheek kind of way, that 3rd party 5E sourcebooks are D&D. They can have different flavors, sure. Tales of the Valiant and A5E are essentially 5E D&D clones that pretty much use the same core rules engine (with variations, sure). They even capitalize on the...

Shhh... don't tell anyone, but any game made with D&D rules is pretty much a D&D variant/clone, and all D&D is D&D, even if a 3rd party wrote it or if a particular individual isn't fond of its presentation.

What is the purpose of this nit-picky commentary? It's pretty apparent to me that both are subjective opinions. She's obviously speaking from a raw, emotional level of subjective passion to a friend/acquaintance of hers, even if it is a podcast. She's not shilling. You are being so critically...

Wizards of the Coast, like many companies, is not led by the same people over the years. Leadership changes, Brand and Design teams change, restrictive partnership licenses expire, and as time progresses, opportunities occur to introduce new generations to older IP content are increased. And if...

I don't think D&D is necessarily good for other IPs with different physics and magic systems, but it is good for any kind of D&D world you want to make within the multiverse.

This is why 4E combats took forever for us. Huge pools of HP and crazy grid tactics planning and implementation.

Nobody at in my 2024 games play single-class sorcerers, but I've seen multiclass builds with all the other Charisma casters, like paladins (most popular as a 1st level dip for armor, and ultimately many smite slots), warlocks and bards.

I have a vision of hand crossbows themselves, (and maybe braces/belts) having specialized hooks on part of their frame, to set the string against, letting you pull them back into the locking positions. It's a rough vision, but good enough for the action narrative of my brain. I can imagine...

The Core Books are multiversal. Better to save the Gods for specific campaigns where they appear. New players don't need to know about Silvanus if they are playing in Greyhawk. But maybe the Greyhawk gods appear in the DMG's Greyhawk campaign chapter?

I don't like the Positive (Good) and Negative (Evil) Energy Planes as they seem boring and empty. I merged the Negative Energy Plane into the Shadowfell, and the Feywild isn't "Positive," rather is a source of Chaotic energy. Essentially my homebrew campaign has 5 "Spirit Realm" Planes that are...

IME, difficulty scales most noticeably based on action economy. The more bad guy actions and attacks, the more the heroes will feel the heat. A small number of bad guys is still going to be outclassed by a party of heroes, each with their own suite of actions. If one wyvern is easy, send 2 or...

I don't think this accurately reflects the narrative of the world. Just char op for PCs. Noncombat NPCs (let's say an Acolyte) are not naturally optimized or have ability scores of 15+ (unless the DM wants to do so). It makes sense to me that if your background is as an Acolyte, the...

I don't know about them, but if my character died in the Abyss, the party is rescuing a new NPC-turned PC to step in. Do you just sit and watch people if your character dies? Or stop coming to the game?

Anecdotally, when things slow down our games it is because people don't know the rule/effect and have to look it up. This gets easier and speeds up over time as the players get used to their attacks, tactics, and options. At-Will actions have trained my table, and as the party learns their...