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IMO, everything you wrote that I underlined is exactly what DnD has become... Now, I'm not saying what is good for DnD is good for any setting, or using any cultural group. But what happens if you get a sensitivity reader, and they're not as sensitive as people would like? Is that sensitivity...

Not IME. I have a player (playing in our group 40+ years) who continues to munchkin super powered characters still. Give him a ruleset, and he'll break it to his advantage. My son, who started playing at 11 or 12 went for a necromancer wizard, very basic. Almost like its impossible to...

When I've offered multiple hooks, the players (or should I say one player who always spotlight hogs), drags the party after whichever hook offers either 1) the most power, 2) magic items, 3) chance for the most magic items, or 4) most coin. Usually in that order. unfortunately the party always...

When I run any of my games, there is no expectation that it is connected to anything else. That is a conceit that the game designers might want to push, but has never been a thing for our table in 40+ years. Unless, of course, you're playing in Sigil, but that is expressly the point of that...

Was never an issue at our table for 40+ years. Clerics were always viewed as more powerful than wizards, even at higher levels, and wizards always had drawbacks (low HP being a big one). So, that's neither here nor there as it applies to what WOTC can do going forward to better balance...

I'd prefer that spells in general be keyed to caster level. Higher level = more effective. Upcasting spells, I feel, is a work around to that, and a symptom of having too many castable spells over the course of the day. Its no longer a resource that has to be managed, you can just upcast...

Not to pick this out @Maxperson, but I think that a "ton" of people getting upset is probably overstating it. Will some small number of people who play DnD, and who frequent forums be "upset" about this? Sure. Will a "ton" of people, who likely play with home groups, maybe get stuff through...

My game group said "No way" to Dark Sun based on non-metal weapons alone 🤷‍♂️. So, ultimately, it didn't matter what else it "added", but they played DL right out of the box without batting an eye or changing a thing.

Man, tracking the moons in Dragonlance was one of the things I used to do for fun. Heck, as the wizard, I always made sure to do it. Why should the DM bear the responsibility. In my Greyhawk game, I have a full year's calendar already printed (that includes the phases of the moon and...

So whose "vision" wins out here? Does the DM give in to the player? Does the player harangue the DM? Mope at the table? If I'm a DM, running a campaign, and have set the ground rules, and a player's "vision" doesn't mesh with those ground rules? Seems pretty clear to me what has to...

Chicken and egg, yeah? If the DM puts forward a campaign concept, including class/race/whatever restrictions, its up to the players to accept or not. Not to try to change the DM's mind about their campaign concept. There are a lot more DMs than players. As a player, I've skipped over so...

As far as I know, Dark Sun doesn't have a 5e version yet either. Who knows what they'll change. You're referencing things that existed in Dark Sun in earlier editions, as I did. Changing the discussion to 5e doesn't give Dark Sun any legs to stand on in the comparison.

Towers if High Sorcery tied to robes/alignment (unique impact on how spells were cast depending on moon phase), dragons front and center/dragon riders/knights, Kagonesti/Qualinesti/et al (elves just as unique as Dark Sun), iron for coinage, constant war and no healing/gods (harsh environment)...

1) What is your favorite DND class? Wizard 2) What is your favorite race? Elf 3) What is your favorite setting (if own setting such as a homebrewed one, just write homebrew)? Homebrew/Greyhawk 4) What is your favorite alignment? Neutral Good/Good 5) How many hours per session do you...

Right, wizards used to rely on "magic" more heavily than other classes, but other classes also had character or class defining or enhancing magic items, and wizards had the most: rods, staves, wands, potions, scrolls of spells, etc. Wizards in 5e, due to the "magic items are not necessary for...

I know that there have been extensive trade networks, and at a minimum, awareness of other cultures, but I'd be curious how many "common people" of the age actually had any exposure beyond the goods brought back to their cities? Traders? Sure, they've met and interacted with other cultures...

I feel like they needed to find something for Cha to do in the game, since it moved slowly away from hirelings, henchmen, and domain play at "named" level. Cha didn't mean much once people stopped using Reaction Charts and such. We always played it as a combo of leadership and...

I work languages in the following way: 1) There is no "common" 2) I have regional languages that are known by particular countries (usually 2 or 3, sometimes including humanoid tongues, sometimes not). 3) If you have the same "language" as another speaker, you can understand each other just...

While things have changed, in Ad&d, you rolled your ability scores (Method 1) 3d6, in order. A Wizard needed a minimum of 9 to be a wizard. Ok, certainly not a huge bar, but you had to roll that 9 or higher in your 'fourth' 3d6 roll to qualify. However, with that 9, you could only cast up...

When I've run historical games in DnD, it was back in 1st using the Green Books (Rome, Charlemagne, Crusades, Vikings, Age of Heroes). I would just use them mostly by the rules outlined there, and then sprinkle changes to taste. They never seemed to last very long. Most of the time the...