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But it would be more convincing if it was something other than "publicly traded companies bad" while if a company is owned by an individual you don't like it's just as bad.

Is WOTC currently doing anything unethical? Anything at all other than sell products people want to buy in a competitive market? Because as long as every other company is free to produce their products as well I don't see what the issue is. The only thing I care about is whether or not they...

I don't see why a privately held company would serve my interests as a consumer better than a publicly traded company.

Companies need to make a profit in order to stay in business. I do not care where the money goes, all I care about is that they produce something I want at a competitive price. I don't consider investors making money on the stock they own as nefarious, I have a great deal of savings invested...

Who gets to decide enough is enough? Why the artificial limit? Why not employ more people, pay more people to produce something people want to buy? Why should I miss out on a product I might enjoy because you personally think they "make enough money"? What does it matter to you?

If a company sells a product that is worth my money I have no issue with them making a profit on it as long as they aren't involved in shady business like anticompetitive practices. While there are exceptions to every rule, companies exist to make a profit.

I see no issue with a company making money as long as they are not participating in unfair or shady business practices. If they come out with a TV show or movie, they can't force me to watch it. They can't force me to buy a video game but if one comes out that I enjoy? Why would I not want that?

I would also note that for the most part D&D combat doesn't resemble armies at war, it models small skirmishes. Most characters are not going to be the target of dozens of arrows flying their way in a volley. Throw in that the quality of armor varied widely from crudely made and was better...

That depended on the quality of the armor and the bow. I've seen demos where an arrow from a longbow could penetrate but not by enough to do significant damage. On the the hand, the average soldier was not provided with high quality armor. But I do agree that crossbows were easier to use and...

DnD isn't and without a total redesign of the game can't become MtG. Obviously they want a steady revenue stream from DndBeyond and they want to make a profit on other products. That's how capitalism works - nobody publishes a game unless they believe they can make money off of it. For what...

I groan every time you see those scenes where the breastplate is obviously made out of tinfoil because the only thing stopping someone from shoving a sword through their chest and out the other side is the ability to parry attacks. Why would you even bother wearing armor? Almost as bad as the...

Some of these posts remind me of the people who claim that a modern tank is easy to take out because "All you have to do is throw a grenade down the tank's barrel." High quality armor was extremely expensive, if it didn't work it wouldn't have been used.

I use it for a general quick breakdown when thinking about what to use. Although I do occasionally pull up a monster and go "Huh, I didn't know it could do that" while running the game. In any case it didn't used to be as big a deal back when I first started DMing because there were fewer...

I wish they hadn't, it was a nice feature. It was also shortly before they started supporting more third party publications and the 2024 release, that may have had something to do with it.

I'm failing to see what your point is, if any. I think it was unfortunately an ill-thought out project. Many software projects fail, even if I don't really buy the 70% estimate because many of those failures are "failed to deliver everything initially promised" or "were in the earliest of...

We have no idea what kind of cost structure they had in mind. From the looks of it, neither did they.

It's only irrelevant if you're redefining the game and to the point there's no recognizable game being used as a foundation. I know some people go to that extreme, I know I don't and I've never heard of anyone in my actual gaming circle going to that extreme.

Even if they did have plans to make custom minis, so what? I buy minis now for my game, why should a digital mini be any different? Micro-transactions always struck me as the mythical boogie-man hiding under the bed to destroy D&D. You could never buy anything that would make your character...

Which is step 2, but is missing step 1 - easy and simple at a glance. I stat out details now and then for important NPCs or more likely swap thing around like what spells they have prepped or add some other details. But most NPCs? Most NPCs only have 15 minutes of fame if that and I'm lazy...

They've released some and there was one (a special gold dragon?) as a bonus for pre-ordering the 2024 rules bundle but they were never for sale that I know of.