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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8615246" data-attributes="member: 7023887">Then what are you saying? No, actually, that's not my position. I think that D&D is more diverse than ever, in playstyle, types of books being published, and the player base. I think that if someone thinks that modern D&D is too cute and fluffy, they're really not looking hard enough because there's plenty of other stuff not at all cute and fluffy (Ravenloft, Avernus, Dragonlance, Fizban's, Netherdeep). I think that if you want to run a badass game of D&D 5e, you can definitely do that with quite a few of the recent releases. If you want a goofy/gonzo adventure, you can definitely do that with quite a few of the recent releases. I think that it's a good thing that there's this diverse of options for people to use. I think that it expands the hobby to support different playstyles, and that there is value in the "cute and fluffy" stuff being available for the people that want it, just like there is value in supporting darker/grimmer playstyles of the game. Not every release has to be for you. Not every release is aimed at you. The same applies to me and every other member of this hobby. That's a good thing. If everything was specifically aimed at my tastes, we would never get Dragonlance, Planescape, Greyhawk, the Forgotten Realms, Magic: the Gathering settings, or any more anthology books. We would just be getting more Eberron, Exandria, Spelljammer, Mordenkainen's/Volo's/Fizban's-style Monster books and more Xanathar's/Tasha's-style player option books for the rest of D&D 5e. That's sincerely what I want, but I can recognize that this would be bad for the hobby and that not every product should/can be aimed at pleasing me. My position is that supporting the playstyles and preferences of people besides me is a good thing. It's a good thing that we're getting Dragonlance, anthology books, and probably Planescape/Dark Sun even though I personally don't want those things.</blockquote>

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