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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8590004" data-attributes="member: 6803643"><p>And a lot of people were happy with the Ravenloft design choice, as WotC pulled it into the 21st century and didn't rely on racist caricatures to tell horror stories. That said, thank goodness we also have the DM's Guild full of Ravenloft-based products that suit the needs and desires of people who didn't care for VRGtR.</p><p></p><p>You don't need to like change. You don't even need to buy into the change.</p><p></p><p>What we all do need to do is expect that WotC is going to try to cater to a broader market than just grognard fans. Part of that appeal is changing settings where appropriate, to catch up the writing with moral values that have FINALLY become broadly accepted by the game's audience. As an example, the depiction of Vistani and their parallels to real world sterotypes of Romani travelling people in earlier Ravenloft books were wrong then, and are wrong now. Nobody's taking books away. The books are on the DMs Guild, with a caveat curation of the issue explaining the problems. But they're still there. And anyone can still make whatever they want within the guidelines of the DMs Guild. There are tons of takes on alternate versions of creatures.</p><p></p><p>IF Kobolds become Fey (and I believe it was a misspeak), I'm SURE someone will make a Gold or higher selling pdf on DMs Guild depicting "true Draconic Kobolds!" And when Dragonlance arrives and they've gutted out the bad bits, I'm SURE someone will create best-selling pdfs that add them back in. Because D&D is DESIGNED to be modular in both mechanics but also flavour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 8590004, member: 6803643"] And a lot of people were happy with the Ravenloft design choice, as WotC pulled it into the 21st century and didn't rely on racist caricatures to tell horror stories. That said, thank goodness we also have the DM's Guild full of Ravenloft-based products that suit the needs and desires of people who didn't care for VRGtR. You don't need to like change. You don't even need to buy into the change. What we all do need to do is expect that WotC is going to try to cater to a broader market than just grognard fans. Part of that appeal is changing settings where appropriate, to catch up the writing with moral values that have FINALLY become broadly accepted by the game's audience. As an example, the depiction of Vistani and their parallels to real world sterotypes of Romani travelling people in earlier Ravenloft books were wrong then, and are wrong now. Nobody's taking books away. The books are on the DMs Guild, with a caveat curation of the issue explaining the problems. But they're still there. And anyone can still make whatever they want within the guidelines of the DMs Guild. There are tons of takes on alternate versions of creatures. IF Kobolds become Fey (and I believe it was a misspeak), I'm SURE someone will make a Gold or higher selling pdf on DMs Guild depicting "true Draconic Kobolds!" And when Dragonlance arrives and they've gutted out the bad bits, I'm SURE someone will create best-selling pdfs that add them back in. Because D&D is DESIGNED to be modular in both mechanics but also flavour. [/QUOTE]
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