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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 9657697" data-attributes="member: 53176">There will always be people, who whenever you hand them a hammer, will view every problem as a nail.But that is not the problem you are having.  The problem you are having is that the bell curve you are looking at is so large you can't see past the horizon.  When examining the 800lbs gorilla that is modern D&D, the vast majority of fans are far more casual than the people who post here (for example). Even among people who are equally as entrenched, there are people who lack confidence or simply time to homebrew. Which means there will be a huge signal to noise ratio whenever you look for D&D homebrew stuff as opposed to D&D stuff in general. (Also, I'm not going to cover how search engines have been on the decline recently, that's an entire minefield of a subject that requires it's own discussions.) In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, the 3rd party scene might also be a factor. The volume of new ideas that someone else (presumably) spent the time and effort to playtest and perfect, means there is so much content out there you never have to actually homebrew up something yourself. Let me tell you, my inbox and even the videos I watch online are constantly filled with adds for the latest splatblocks from places like Kickstarter or Backerkit. But despite these hurdles, there are entire communities dedicated to just homebrewing up their own things, such as r/UnearthedArcana/, where hundreds of people post their homebrew ideas every week. There are also Discord channels for people passionate about it, but those are harder to find because you can't just casually search to see what is in them.</blockquote>

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