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Even if it did, the opposition would have to be near unanimous for it to go beyond the subclass and affect the general idea of the union. Like "purple dragons are racist" levels of blowback. So while I do think some of that anti-lore change feedback bubbled up, I don't think it was sufficient...

They mentioned the dragon is no longer part of the subclass. The banneret is going to be a support/warlord type fighter now. We still don't know what the later features are, but I wager none will involve dragons.

They do read it, they don't act on it like we think they do. For example, if WotC read all the comments on a class revision (say, the sorcerer, artificer or psion) and WotC gets feedback like "this class shouldn't exist, delete it from the game" that feedback isn't helpful to answering their...

Well, let's say you want to introduce a new species in the PHB (like a species Born of Dragons). You either need to explain why they suddenly appeared OR retcon they were always there and you didn't notice. Both have pitfalls. Which is why D&D has alternated between both with various amounts of...

Karlach tried writing a book on vampires, but it mostly was just a list on different ways to kill them

Well, it's beyond the scope of this thread, but I wonder what world looks like if D&D was more like CoC; editions were mostly minor revisions and settings didn't really evolve via Metaplot. Changes would be more incremental and you wouldn't see wholesale rewriting of mechanics and lore. I don't...

To be honest, I'm not unconvinced that most D&D players would be unhappy just buying 1e over and over again every 10 years.

The PDKs are being described as a having a much larger area than just Cormyr now. They are global, even if they have their seat of power in the Dales. Space isn't an issue. PDKs are also diplomats. They got bonuses to diplomacy and were polyglots. And I would guess they would act like Jedi...

I think it's probably closer to a timed exclusive. For example, I am going to wager the dhampir isn't going to remain exclusive to this, but maybe the backgrounds will.

The 2025 UAs started using the Stoplight system for rating. Green meant go, Red meant stop, Yellow meant proceed with caution. Until they psion UA, you could not leave a comment on a red or green response. So even so, it didn't matter why you were giving them the thumbs down, just that you were...

I think the issue was a lot of people gave it the red light treatment. Remember, you couldn't leave comments on red or green on that UA, only yellow. So a red vote for "I don't think the PDK should have a dragon at all" and "I don't think the dragon works as currently envisioned" WAS THE SAME...

My point was they are only interested in the feedback on the subclass, not the greater lore change. WotC does not playtest lore. They weren't concerned if people felt the knights of Cormyr x amethyst dragons was a betrayal any more than they cared about changing Ravenloft domains, making...

I keep feeling that there is a story we're not seeing because it's in the Forgotten Realms Adventure Guide, not the Player Guide and while the lore is linked, we're not supposed to be playtesting the lore. WotC wanted to know if the subclass fit the fantasy of a chivalrous knight and his...

WotC probably should have added a sidebar that says they were changing the lore, which has been my problem with the playtest system since Next. We get told what the mechanics are, but not the background for it. It's like a chef sticking a spoon of food on your mouth and telling you to say if...

How much of it was also "we wrote and developed a whole chapter in the Adventure Guide with this idea in mind and the time and energy to redevelop the whole thing would delay the book, so let's just gut the subclass and call it done."

Yup. Y'all thought you were vetoing the lore change and all y'all did was nerf the subclass.

It's as ridiculous as the idea that the Red Wizards, a notorious group of zealot arcane spellcasters dedicated to a tyrannical lich far to the East would show up in every town, city, and village selling potions and minor magical trinkets and not be chased out on a rail the second they showed up...

Cormyr and the Dalelands are neighbors, and I wager the lore was supposed to be how the PDKs have expanded their territory to protecting the Dalelands as well. Part of the problem is that the lore of everything outside the Sword Coast was mostly ignored, beyond a vague "things went back to...

Damn that's making me rethink the "I don't buy the special edition covers" thing I got going...

I don't doubt that the idea won't come back eventually, but it wasn't going to be in this book. They had a special setup where one subclass was tied to the five theme/settings in the adventure book. Winter Walker for Icewind Dale (cold + horror). Scion of the Three for Baldur's Gate. Oath of...