Vaalingrade
Legend
Is it the truth or is it more that adventure writers are mostly separate people with separate goals who, like most of us, have come up in the hobby just not trusting the DMG for that sort of design?Because a lot of players don't want to hear that. Their immediate response will be "Well, why am I paying for a DMG then?!?"
Most players don't want to be told the truth from the designers... they want to be told the designers are making the game exactly how they wish to play it. They need that pat on the head that their preferences are the "right" preferences by seeing them appear in the book.