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That is a wild assumption based on highly speculative reasoning, with no actual evidence to back it up. Nothing in the officially released statements supports that idea. So I'm just going to file it under "Highly Doubtful" until we get an actual content index.

Let me tell you a story... Once upon a time, my father was a science fiction writer. He won some awards, even. That was long ago, though, and today he's dead and all his books have been out of print for decades. But my frail old mother still gets a small deposit every month, because it's super...

Big or small doesn't change the numbers. You can't just increase the price on the books and see no drop off in sales. Not with the economy how it is today. You think we wouldn't be having flame wars if WotC put out a book with a cover price of $80? A fatter, more expensive book is not a better...

And if none of those other methods are economical? If the choice isn't between digital and physical, but between existing and not existing? Look, I'm against unfair price gouging and against the "own nothing rent everything" model. But my parents were writers, and I'm very familiar with the...

Would I accept digital only books? No. I prefer having a physical book at the table, and I don't love Beyond's formatting. Will I accept small digital only add-ons that didn't make the cut for the main book? That I might. If it's niche releases at a reasonable price? Stuff that wouldn't justify...

It's not a cut and dried subject. Two offer a couple metaphors... car manufacturers don't owe anything to the horse whip makers they put out of business, but at the same time it's a really bad idea to eat your own seed corn. It's one thing to out perform a competitor with a superior product...

A couple of times, over the decades. If I feel like the PC just isn't suitable for the campaign, or find I don't enjoy either their personality or mechanics, I'll talk with the DM about retiring the PC and swapping to a new one. But that's the most severe step. Other times, I've just arranged a...

Well, it's a big assumption to say the "only" reason. There might be distribution contracts that stipulate specific relative release windows to other versions of the product. We really have no way of knowing. That said... yes. Absolutely they want to prop up the gaming store industry. This is...

Maybe break out a mini-series campaign? More than a one-shot, but something only intended to last a few months with a special gimmick that would wear thin with a full campaign. You see stories of that sort of thing passed around. "We're all goblins!" or "We're all semi-retired high level...

Wow. That's a major schedule upset. But good on WotC for pulling the emergency stop. If you click through the link there's pictures of the defective covers, and that's some pretty serious warping. As much as I was really looking forward to the book, as someone planning to get a physical copy...

Yep. And Revised 5e has tried very, very hard to remove any cultural traits from the Species stat block. Dwarves don't even have any sort of crafting bonus anymore! Now your culture and upbringing are supposed to be reflected by your Background, while the Species traits are purely physiological...

Good catch. Indeed, the Revised 5e healing spells lost the "no constructs or undead" clause. Which was probably the reason they pulled back on making Dhampirs and Reborn those creature types, and why they're willing to shift course now. Though, cause and effect, they probably intentionally...

A handful. The Mace of Smiting gets a bonus against Constructs. Constructs have Disadvantage on saves against the spell Shatter. But conversely, as Constructs they'll enjoy immunity from anything that specifies "humanoids". There's also a few things that specifically exempt Constructs and...

I'm raising it as an example of why some people object to the archetype. You speak for yourself, not everyone, and other people have equally valid and reasoned conclusions that different from yours. WotC has to try and balance these conflicting opinions, all while designing a fun and balanced...

Because none of those ethnicities have mechanical game stats attached to them. They're all bumping elbows in the "human" category, nice and equal. Attaching game stats to something is a delicate matter. It makes it an objectively true fact, as far as the game system is concerned. So D&D has to...

My recollection is that the original 3e pitch was that shifters were watered down lycanthropes and changelings were watered down doppelgangers, both in mechanics and in lore. The monster was the original and the PC race was the derivation. Rising From the Last War offered an updated take on p284...

To be fair, it's clear that aasimar and tieflings can spring from any rootstock, not just humans. That's why they both have the option to be either Medium or Small sized. In fact, I'm pretty sure the art for the sample Celestial Warlock on p161 is a dwarf or halfling derived aasimar. They've got...

Mine too, a little. But they're only 4 pages all together. So it's absolutely a quick recap for people who don't have any better book, and not anything like a full guide to the city.

Pretty much. And we've had a lot of people raise the question, should we be paying for an update patch? It's a topic I've chewed over a bit. On the one hand, paying for an update to a book I already own doesn't feel great. But why doesn't it feel great? Because I'm trained by video games to...

I half suspect that the Backgrounds aren't tied to Dragonmarks, but to the Houses. Like a House Jorasco background that gives proficiency in Medicine and Herbalism Kit that's suitable for both marked and un-marked affiliates, and maybe gives a choice between a Dragonmark starting feat and the...