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Right, it's not like Justin himself has declared bankruptcy, and that's who the current action is against, not nuTSR, right?

The new conjure woodland beings is listed at level 5, while it's a 4th-level spell in the 2014 rules. I think this might be the first potentially stat block-breaking change in the new rules, in that a stat block showing the spell at 4th level would clearly identify it as belonging to pre-2024...

I see your point, but you're tilting at the wind. Practically every publisher makes changes from one printing to another, whether it's "literature" such as novels, or comic books, but especially game books. WotC does it, Paizo does it, Kobold Press does it, and on and on. But it's not like...

I would like to see objective measures that rate the strength, evocativeness, or effectiveness of the following word choices: brutal or merciless or ruthless vs. savage barbarian vs. invading settled vs. civilized "a plane of madness" vs. "a plane of overwhelming chaos" villainous or bizaare...

Racist or not, it's still difficult not to find your characterization of those who enjoy current D&D products as offensive. Do all of us here on this board of that persuasion have "the least interesting, challenging or imaginative stance possible"?

Look up the definition of "maiden". The original implications are certainly still there.

However, the changes being discussed in this thread weren't to lore or mechanics. So what specifically about these changes do you find makes D&D a "watered down, unimaginative, uninspired shell of it's former self"?

I don't actually disagree with you. I just take issue with Justin's absolutist portrayal of the problem, to the extent that it exists. Could the hydra/water weird encounter have benefited from a little more depth and clarity? Sure. But it wasn't the boneheaded oversight that Justin makes it out...

The presence of Thieves' Cant as a feature of the rogue is highly annoying when trying to repurpose the concept, though. I've also wanted to use the rogue as a tribal scout, for example, and been vexed by the nonsensical proficiency with the Cant. It's a relic of when the rogue was still called...

Setting aside for the moment that I find the proposition of quality necessitating the giving of offense to be dubious... "Um... Demons? Devils? Never heard of 'em. <ahem>", said 2e-era TSR, nervously pulling at its collar. It's just funny to hear that TSR was so willing to offend people; that...

I'd have to see who said it and how before judging my reaction to it in context. Do you have a source?

As a counterpoint, I was a big 4e fan, and I've never felt antagonized by 5e.

"A hydra is a cool D&D monster" isn't enough reason to add it to a dungeon? Oh, what has the world come to? ;)

Heh. "Big B's". :p

I think the base Fighter is fine, which is why it won't be going back through UA. It was specifically the Brawler subclass that didn't make it.

So the players tell the DM they want to try one (or more) of those things, and the DM applies judgment and game rules to help determine the outcome. This isn't any different than role-playing has ever been, even when encounters used to be written as "There are 3 orcs in this room (hp 10, 8, 7)"...

I'll point out again that the typical price paid by a customer of the new Planescape slipcase is less than the price paid for the original boxed set in 1994 accounting for inflation, and incorporates approximately the same amount of lore. The adventure is essentially a free bonus (and I should...

Making an error is simple; pointing out and explaining that error always takes more effort. Cf. any well-developed legal system. But if you're saying that the posters to this thread have collectively written a whole lot of words addressing the mistakes in Justin's review, then I suppose I agree...

First, THANK YOU for this! I've been thinking about doing something like it since the first post, but it seemed like a lot of work. ;) On this point, Justin's review isn't entirely accurate... but it also isn't completely wrong. The problem isn't "room keys like X8 that list doors that don't...

The proprietor of the Sleeping Giant is mentioned in both locations. It's just that... they aren't the same. In Chapter 2 the proprietor has been changed to an orc named Greska. But the added material from Chapter 5 onwards was apparently using the Starter Set as a reference, and mentions LMoP's...