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Honestly can't agree. DnDBeyond is the best onboarding tool to get rules nervous players into the game I have ever encountered. I just do not like the pricing structure.

for the record, I buy physical copies of anything I really want to have. I still plan to pick up this book, even though as it is at best a 5.1 update to existing material, its not a needed need.

As long as it remains merely an additional option, not a thing. But the fear is that the natural flow of capitalism will encourage removing the first option and instead keep just the individual pieces.

Pardon if my experiences with Video Games selling features piecemeal makes me very warry of such practices.

A more apt analogy is if the theatre, instead of charging $15 for a full, two hour movie, was willing to charge you "just" $5 for the most exciting 15 minutes.

Well wow. Pardon my ignorance. I'm gobsmacked.

So yeah, https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/mordenkainen-presents-monsters-of-the-multiverse?utm_medium=owned_social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=ddb_marketplace&utm_content=51622_motm_marketplace_monsters_noncontent Offering the features purely as individual downloads. Every...

A side benefit to Pro-GMing could be GM training/on ramping.

Possible ways to pull this off while protecting some against bad player feelings: Future version of the PC Alternate Dimension Variant Clone Beyond the bad feelings, trust that the logistics to explain how all the actions of the villain could be accomplished by the PC without them knowing is...

As a Forever DM, it's my observation that across all demos, most people don't DM.

For what it is worth, Pro-GM should be a thing. It's not going to replace the hobbyist model, only supplement it.

The second one.

Case by case for me. I actively encourage several elements, like decoupling stat bonuses from race. But have yet to have someone make a custom race build for example.

My definition of technology is more expansive. Any system is a technology that can be refined and improved upon.

Only quibble: Gaming technology also changes and advances due to innovation in game design.

I have to read for a living, so its a touch of a busman's holiday quite frankly.

Honestly, this is the heart of the issue. This isnt a demand for material. This is a demand for the spotlight.

Kinda a Ship of Theseus situation, under a long enough timeline. Mechanical refinement and drift inevitably mean that some future version of the game will have no mechanical connection to yea olde Chainmail.

Is it a market worth pursing though? As a 47 year old gamer with near 40 years in the hobby, my tastes are pretty diverse, but the "older gamer" who is grousing for content aimed at their specific niche tastes, are there enough of them to justify pushing past all the demands and complaints to...

Colour me intrigued.