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We are not very different from Mind Flayers. We enjoy a certain level of cruelty to flavor our meals. Veal and lamb are raised in horrific conditions, but they are delicious.

Right. It makes them less mustache (tentacle?) twirling Evil and merely evil. To the chicken, the farmer is diabolical.

D&D is pretty far away from a consumerist nightmare. You can have the basic rules of 5E for free and need to buy funny dice or use any number of free apps on your phone or computer. WotC hopes to lure you in with a first taste and then you're hooked. If we were back on the 3.x treadmill of...

Don't yuck my yum. Donner Dinner party is a lifestyle. :p A blatant depiction of slavery is out, but the conclusion of a monster with a mind control ability named Enslave is not eliminated. Neogi favor humanoids as food more than servants. Umber Hulks are the perfect eel-spider Au Pair. In...

Well, are we talking DC superhero movies or Marvel? I think we are in a bit of a fantasy media glut right now. We have Wheel of Time, The Witcher, GoT House of the Dragon, LotR The Rings of Power, Willow, and a D&D movie. I would call the quality of this era of fantasy shows to be mixed, but...

Before I had toddlers, I believed I could take a toddler in a boxing match...

I just happen to like Mad World better for Space Clowns, the melancholy fiends of the Astral Sea. :sneaky:

Neogi have arms! Big strong Umber Hulk arms.

Illithid as bad guys are different from 2E Spelljammer where they were more neutral brain eaters and slavers. I like running evil cthulhufolk so no grey matter off my noggin, but a change nonetheless.

I think you are talking past each other. These charts only reflect sales, not the rate of play. D&D beating AD&D in sales is not surprising to me. I started to play with Moldvay, but quickly transitioned over to AD&D. I am in both of those charts. I don't think the majority of the player base...

He can not be seen. He always goes for the eyes!

Been done. Neogi smuggler who is dodderingly old and avoids his kin so they don't fill him full of Great Old Master toxin. Not really against type, more of no choice.

It's a mad world,

I voted (2) important role in the popularity of 5E. It is not the most important but it is a constant reminder of D&Ds existence and nearly 50 years of play. It is the best and biggest advertising WotC has received for the game and they get it for free. Critical Role and Dimension20 have helped...

I most likely will not be using Space Clowns in a game, at least the Space Clowns as presented by Chris 'Whimsy' Perkins. (Not to slag on Chris, I have huge respect and admiration for his work. Between the rollout of Wild Beyond the Witchlight and Spelljammer, I have heard the word 'whimsy' more...

Astral Elven Empire, Neogi, Illithid, the Arcane, Space Clowns, and Scro/Goblin Hegemony Reborn Just to name a few. Whoops forgot about clockwork horrors, mechanical space locusts...

I ran a 'serious' Spelljammer campaign rebelling against the Imperial Elves and I ran a completely absurd Tinker gnome, giant space hamster, pig-riding ultracapitalist penguins version trying to steal the Spelljammer. Both are valid. Both are fun. I am enjoying Wildspace being an ecosystem. It...

They are playing up the absurd with Space Clowns but disguised fiends traveling the multiverse giving ironic punishment to people is kind of cool. Gen X is a bit of a crossroads with clowns. I remember clowns at events, clown camp for kids, and clown birthday parties as a kid. I also remember...

That is an interesting fiction. The reason they tried 3 different systems of psionic rules was because the fans DO want psionics, they just didn't want the ways WotC implemented. You don't have 3 UA's for psionics because no one wants it. You have 3 weak attempts with no iterative design before...