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<blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 3970046" data-attributes="member: 31898">Since the discussion is about Halflings, I would take the fact that WOTC has changed the definition of &quot;Halfling&quot;, without changing the name, as evidence that they expect D&amp;D players to simply accept their authority to define fantasy tropes in whatever way the corporation likes. Some people like having somebody else define things for them, and will accept whatever definitions they are given. I do not. I don't want WOTC to redefine things that already have perfectly good definitions. The more the game draws upon common knowledge, the easier it is to play and DM.The other issue is that I have been a homebrewer for almost all of my time DMing. I don't care about how Halflings were defined in any particular official Campaign setting, because I'm never going to use those settings. What I want from a game company are tools to empower my creativity. Give me building blocks that I can put together in ways that please me and my players. That's the hobby for me: creating settings and watching how the players develop the world over the course of their adventures.What I'm seeing from WOTC is a complete, proprietary setting hard-wired into the rules. I don't want to be a mere rules referee running somebody else's creations which are no better than my own. I'll accept bits and pieces from great authors (like Howard, Vance, Tolkien, etc.) whose creations are perhaps better than my own, however!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clavis, post: 3970046, member: 31898"] Since the discussion is about Halflings, I would take the fact that WOTC has changed the definition of "Halfling", without changing the name, as evidence that they expect D&D players to simply accept their authority to define fantasy tropes in whatever way the corporation likes. Some people like having somebody else define things for them, and will accept whatever definitions they are given. I do not. I don't want WOTC to redefine things that already have perfectly good definitions. The more the game draws upon common knowledge, the easier it is to play and DM. The other issue is that I have been a homebrewer for almost all of my time DMing. I don't care about how Halflings were defined in any particular official Campaign setting, because I'm never going to use those settings. What I want from a game company are tools to empower my creativity. Give me building blocks that I can put together in ways that please me and my players. That's the hobby for me: creating settings and watching how the players develop the world over the course of their adventures. What I'm seeing from WOTC is a complete, proprietary setting hard-wired into the rules. I don't want to be a mere rules referee running somebody else's creations which are no better than my own. I'll accept bits and pieces from great authors (like Howard, Vance, Tolkien, etc.) whose creations are perhaps better than my own, however! [/QUOTE]

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