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You don't consider a custom race a house rule? Race is not part of the rules of the game? Okay. I do. Guess that's just one more thing we disagree on.

I've given examples of what some people wanted as house rules. I've explained why I do what I do. I don't care one way or another what you or anyone else do. I am not going to discuss what a third party did or did not say. I see no value in continuing to discuss this.

You obviously did not read what I wrote and now you're just insulting. I'm done

I'm not badmouthing anyone. I gave examples of requests for house rules and explained why I don't like voting and think DM decides works better and has, as far as I can tell, worked well for the majority of people that have played D&D for the past half century. You are pretty clearly saying my...

The werewolf and half-vampire-half-dragon were requests for a house rule from different people. My players can always ask for a new house rule or a change to an existing one and we'll discuss it, but I make the final call. It's as simple as that and as far as I can tell you are telling me that...

Umm ... is the war in Ukraine really relevant? Other than to point out that the tools of war change over time.

I'm not the one accusing you of playing wrong because we have different preferences.

Neither are you. We're just expressing our opinions and my preference is just as valid as anyone else's.

The majority of players self-centered or incompetent? No. But the few that are? They could wreck the game for the other 6 people at the table. I've seen it many times. If the DM does it? Find a different DM. If a player does it and the DM has no veto power? What are the options? This...

Most people, when they are discussing collaborative games are talking about collaborative world building. As far as house rules, you can always suggest something but as DM I retain the right to say no because people have proposed crazy stuff. I mentioned the guy who wanted to be a werewolf...

I thought DMs were Chaotic Evil? Always changing things on a whim with no logic or explanation. They cackle in glee as they ignore the pleas for mercy from their poor oppressed subjects crying out in dismay at another ruling designed to cause the maximum amount of pain. The piteous players...

I would think that many could be considered part of those shared resources they mentioned in the article. Part of the issue development hits is balancing workload with headcount. So if they can have people that are needed more for specific stages and time it so that they can jump from one...

I've played and DMed a lot of public games over the years. I've also had to start up new groups a few times because of moving. Starting up a group after college almost always included at least a few people I had never met. It's been a great way to make new friends. Trust until proven...

Since when is a preference a problem? If I'm playing I don't want to do any world building. If you have a different preference that's not a problem either.

I've had far more problems with fellow players than DMs. It's simply a numbers thing, ther are typically 6 players to 1 DM. If I don't trust the DM to make decisions they won't be my DM for long.

If I've agreed to play a game, I've agreed to play by the game's rules (which may, of course include house rules). If I'm not enjoying the game I'll try to resolve it. If I can't resolve it I'll find better ways to spend my time. Doesn't matter if that game is D&D or Parcheesi.

Over the course of decades of D&D play I've never had a DM that truly shared authority. Even with my wife, she and I share the same handful of core house rules (it makes life much easier), she still makes rulings now and then I disagree with and it's fine. Typically we discuss house rules, but...

When it comes to questions like dyes, I simply scratch my head. Like ... how much of a difference does that really make to the gameplay? There are far, far more important things I want the devs to focus on. You can have the prettiest game in the world and if the gameplay and overall structure...

I've been playing for a long, long time. Play with enough DMs for long enough and yes, you'll run across that 1% of DMs that make decisions I don't care for. Meanwhile I see no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater when in 99% of the cases having a DM that made the final call worked...

One of the reasons I started DMing was so that I didn't have to put up with a bad DM. Which was unfortunate honestly, I think the DM was just burned out but wasn't mature enough to just explain it to us. In other cases the DM just didn't work for me so I found another group. No game is better...