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how did 4e do it, did they rework classes and races? No idea, but I doubt it

that are two pictures of Arnold, what happened to the woman…

there are different ways to fix things, but yes, basically, don’t wait for WotC to do something, switch to something else instead

even more overpowered, high fantasy, consequence-free classes (respec on long rest) and species (spectral wings, because god forbid they could be inconvenient in some cases). To me they did not really address anything substantial, made some things slightly better and others slightly worse, with...

that much is true, after 5.5 I have basically given up on WotC moving in a direction I’d like, Not going to wait for them

not sure why that would be relevant, this was a criticism of D&D and something WotC should address. Pretending that something is fine unless people individually decide to write their own TTRPG to fix it would basically mean that nothing ever was broken in any edition

yes, and the revised and expanded adept, and Uncanny Arcana. I just wish this, plus stuff from the other four dozen supplements would get consolidated into a new baseline

yes, but that is also why Mearls calls them a cheap hack. The better solution is to fix the system than put a some duct tape on the worst parts. It makes for a better overall game.

I don’t think there is such a thing, at most it references some stat blocks that you need the books for, but requires beyond that… for that 2024 is not distinct enough

how so, what new rules does it require? A few new stat blocks (which also are in the SRD), anything beyond that?

it’s a setting book, it should not contain a large adventure. The others are more adventure book with a bit of setting information (DL certainly was). As to the one-page encounters, I find them underwhelming, as Ben said, if they do not offer something beyond what an average DM can come up with...

in which way? by allowing for the spells to be resisted instead of having to address the underlying issue? sure, but that also is what makes it a cheap hack so there is a problem then, why not address it? address caster damage then, instead of trying to bury flaws under a pile of kludges...

I know Rob is not interested in creating it (and maybe it is too early given what he is still working on for the Weird Wizard), but Shadow of the Demon Lord could use a 2e that consolidates things

what exactly is the claim you are referring to? As far as I can tell the OP contains the following quote from Mearls Did they have a better solution? Probably not or they would have used that instead. Not sure what kind of proof you need either, if the designer of the game tells you that they...

it’s hard to slap someone while staying at least 15 feet away ;)

I doubt it, plenty of time between these releases. I assume it got all the playtesting it was supposed to get. Not that this means much ;)

yeah, I am not a fan of their one-pagers for much the same reasons, apart from a decent map there really is nothing there. Anything that would make it an interesting location rather than two or three random encounters is missing and needs to be filled in by me. That is too little, you might as...

if our criteria for something being acceptable is that it was done somewhere before with some frequency, then we might as well call it quits because we have completely lost the plot it absolutely is

because you are already paying a subscription for the service I guess

attrition barely works, how much that affects your game depends on your game / players not sure how that helps with anything , but maybe it explains your take on control spells. Just ignore how they work and since the players do not care about that either, they do not ruin your game ;)