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I, on the other hand, love Old Ones and eldritch entities and work them in all over the place! Partly because I have a lot of really great miniatures for them. I love freaky looking monsters. Also, even though I like moral complexity in the story, there are times when it is fun for players to...

What if I don't care about what kobolds are "supposed" to have or be able to do according to anyone else's canon and I create the scenario that will be fun in my game? Does that make me an "adversarial DM"? I am very confident that my players do not see me as an adversarial DM. I put a lot of...

Sure, but that's just a balance issue. I think the concept is great fun; you just have to balance it so that the players can adapt and overcome unless they insist on being stupid. I've also used a similar concept when the point is for the party to get through the area as quickly as possible, not...

Yes, and Mexico and Canada do indeed trade with each other, which means goods do indeed cross another nation. So it's relevant to Mexico when they ship to Canada, not just Alaska. It's okay, we're used to Americans forgetting we exist. In fact, we prefer it to the current alternative.

Well, Alaska and the entire country of Canada.

And Flaws.

Backstory? I find it really odd that anyone playing an RPG would see their caracter as a "pawn." That just defeats the whole purpose of playing an RPG. And contrary to your assertion, most RPGs do not need anything like alignment. Most modern RPGs give you guidance on how to create backstory...

I’ve gotten around the excess rolling by turning minion attacks and traps into lair actions. Edit: should probably better explain. Example: in a recent pirate ship battle, the ship's crew was assisting the PCs against the big band and a few of his henchmen, all quite tough. Rather than add 20...

I don’t like or use alignment but one of my players does. He likes it because he has trouble getting into role play and finds it provides him a handy set of rules for how to play his character. It is perhaps not a surprise that he plays a paladin. Anyway, it works for him so I say bless.

Causal factors in the rise of D&D (IMO): 1. The demographics of Gen X. 2. The publication of 5e 3. Pop culture tie-ins (see 1) 4. The growth of streaming 5. Lost Mine of Phandelver I’ve probably forgot something, but those are the big five in my mind, and I think 1 dwarfs everything else.

My understanding is that Felicia Day suggested the switch because D&D is better known.

You’re aware that CR started as a private game, right?

They literally did do it for free originally. I also run my games for free. It is possible for something to be both a job and a passion.

See, I think it's about "punishing" the players, in a fun way, for playing their characters like they're dumb. It's not heroic to go charging into an unknown, potentially dangerous situation without exercising a little due caution, it's stupid. After the first trap or two, if they wanna keep...

I would argue that Critical Role has built a much more diversified business than WotC.

There's no "maybe." It isn't close. On some stockholder reports D&D barely rates a mention, just being lumped in with WotC, whereas MtG is a pillar not just of WotC but of Hasbro. It's just a much, much more profitable game. We have game store owners who post here; presumably they can share. I...

I like it! The first game of my current home campaign took place in a driftstone quarry:

I think D&D owns the fantasy genre for TTRPGs. Period. Everyone else is fighting for its scraps, for the reasons that you cite. It's a big enough genre that those scraps can still be enough to support some awesome games, don't get me wrong, and I wish them well. But I think anyone thinking that...

I point out that according to Hasbro's reports to investors (so, pretty reliable unless they want to go to prison), MtG dwarfs D&D in terms of revenue. Like, five times as much.