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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 9569551" data-attributes="member: 2067">I think it's curious that some of the support about the PDK being a dragon-tamer are the people who aren't really fans of FR, weighing in on FR subclasses, for an FR book. It's feeling like a roller coaster company asking for advice on building a roller coaster and people who have inner ear problems saying &quot;I like this one, it's slow and has no loops.&quot; Or asking someone with a sensitive stomach what their favorite spicy food is. I do wonder why WotC decided to return to the FR well (BG3, maybe?), but I assume their goal is a product that appeals to FR fans and that maybe attracts some new ones, and that can broadly appeal to general D&amp;D fans. I don't know how much effort they should expend on appealing to people who actively dislike FR.Like, the rogue and sorcerer subclasses here suffer from the same issue, but respect their origins much better. Meanwhile, knowledge clerics are very generic, but still do what you'd expect them to do. The PDK is the only subclass here that kills the original concept and steals the name for something very different. I'd be fine with it being more generic, and also fine with it being more specific, but this inbetween state of parading around being something it's not is weak sauce.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 9569551, member: 2067"] I think it's curious that some of the support about the PDK being a dragon-tamer are the people who aren't really fans of FR, weighing in on FR subclasses, for an FR book. It's feeling like a roller coaster company asking for advice on building a roller coaster and people who have inner ear problems saying "I like this one, it's slow and has no loops." Or asking someone with a sensitive stomach what their favorite spicy food is. I do wonder why WotC decided to return to the FR well (BG3, maybe?), but I assume their goal is a product that appeals to FR fans and that maybe attracts some new ones, and that can broadly appeal to general D&D fans. I don't know how much effort they should expend on appealing to people who actively dislike FR. Like, the rogue and sorcerer subclasses here suffer from the same issue, but respect their origins much better. Meanwhile, knowledge clerics are very generic, but still do what you'd expect them to do. The PDK is the only subclass here that kills the original concept and steals the name for something very different. I'd be fine with it being more generic, and also fine with it being more specific, but this inbetween state of parading around being something it's not is weak sauce. [/QUOTE]

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