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Yes. My point was that it shows that the violent nature of D&D is something WotC's designers are thinking about. I wasn't arguing that they've resolved to turn D&D into a completely non-violent game - just like I haven't decided yet if the violence of D&D is something that matters to me. I...

Exactly. I was referring to the first line. Besides, I doubt you would have made that post at all if I hadn’t put dying on hills in your mind.

I guess. Well, it's lunch time here, so I'm going to take a break and go eat something and then do some exercise and review the adventure for tonight's D&D game, so I won't be responding for a while. Hopefully the conversation will move on in my absence. (I dislike being the center of attention.)

I was wondering when I'd get a "mention" in this thread. Not that I've been trying or anything. I am just aware of how much of an outlier I am around here about a great many things, so it was only a matter of time really.

Fine, but I'm not the first one to say these things in this thread. This isn't even the first time I've said them in this thread. So why me and why now? Why not others and why not earlier?

Hmm. Yes, I guess if their budget limits them to terrain in the immediate vicinity of the film studio, then that makes it harder to come up with exotic alien locales!

I don't know if you've noticed, but WotC has been offering more and more non-violent approaches in recent D&D offerings. It's theoretically possible to play through all of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight without resorting to violence. A number of the adventures in the Radiant Citadel and Dragon...

Sure, and I expect that it will. I can only think of two instances where WotC has changed something in line with public or private playtesting feedback that I have submitted. One was the start to Tomb of Annihilation; the other was the inclusion of Dark Sun in the Spelljammer adventure. I can't...

I agree with the first part. But I think we can make the case to WotC that they shouldn't be encouraging Bad Guy TM playstyles, and I don't agree that excluding these specific subclasses will make the setting less itself or more bland corporate trash. There are other (and arguably better) ways...

The mechanics are fine on their own. They're not unbalanced like, say, the druid's temp HP. I just don't think that a mini-tyrant should be a playable option - and the class features are all geared toward being a mini-tyrant. I'm not saying it should be sanitized. I'm saying WotC should lean...

Yeah, I'm thinking that too. That and some "undercooked" writing problems potentially stemming from that last writers' strike.

OK. Most turns of phrase are ridiculous really. I am arguing that it is not something anyone, in this day and age, should really want at their table, not just me. It's not a behavior anyone should be encouraging, even in make believe land. Yes, that is something I've been mulling over for a...

I wasn't being literal. That's just a metaphorical phrase people throw around here all the time to mean "You're not going to change my mind on this topic". Are you really not familiar with it?

I don't like the fiend warlock either and don't allow them in my games. GOO warlock is more palatable as it can be played with just weird / alien vibes, not specifically pro-tyranny vibes.

Look, I'm not the first to bring this up in this thread. The point is: in our current dystopian era, I don't think encouraging players to explore the fiction of being a mini-tyrant allied with an immortal tyrant is a good idea. Maybe it was fine back in 1991. But in 2025? It just feels ...

Yeah, that's what I was complaining about earlier in the thread ... it feels like they never really explore "strange new worlds" or go "where no one has gone before" anymore. I mean, in this most recent episode, we didn't even get to see the surface of the strange new world that needed help...

I guess that's a valid point. I'm just not sure Dark Sun is the right place in which to do that. I think any future iteration of Dark Sun should make it clear that the Sorcerer-Kings are Bad Guys TM, and therefore anyone who is pro-sorcerer-king should also be a Bad Guy TM. Even if you want to...

What? I'm not a fan of Bad Guy TM PC options. I'd prefer it if necromancers, assassins, conquest paladins, etc were also NPC only. I don't run Bad Guy TM campaigns. Players in my campaigns know that.

I think I would like it better if the adventure was about various factions spread out across an actual lost city, not just confined to close quarters in a small ziggurat. But of course the actual lost city is the part that’s left for DMs to do themselves.

UA feedback survey is now open! Here's my feedback: Druid Circle of Preservation: Yellow overall. I like the idea but a) what it does mechanically is NOT preserving (it's regenerating / rejuvenating) and b) druids shouldn't be the only preservers. Renaming this the Circle of Rejuvenation would...