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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9565016" data-attributes="member: 467">I think it is common for folks who perceive that some artform they enjoy is being &quot;dumbed down&quot; or &quot;sanitized&quot; for a wider audience to be upset by that. I am sure that Basic D&amp;D (especially the 1983 red box) really angered a lot of first generation players. 2E certainly did. You see it now as well (for all the reasons we have talked about continuously on these boards).It is in the best interests of the company to increase the player base. To do that, you have to leave the niche. but the thing about niches is that they never stay empty long. RPGs full of boobs and blood and other questionable S&amp;S tropes have rushed in time and again to fill whatever void the current producers of D&amp;D decided to abandon.Complaining that &quot;D&amp;D is sanitized&quot; might be accurate, but its simplistic and counterproductive. Just go buy the game that does what you want.Unfortunately, fans often decide that they own a thing, which means they feel wronged when it changes or &quot;is taken from them,&quot; which means they then feel justified being absolute jerks about those changes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 9565016, member: 467"] I think it is common for folks who perceive that some artform they enjoy is being "dumbed down" or "sanitized" for a wider audience to be upset by that. I am sure that Basic D&D (especially the 1983 red box) really angered a lot of first generation players. 2E certainly did. You see it now as well (for all the reasons we have talked about continuously on these boards). It is in the best interests of the company to increase the player base. To do that, you have to leave the niche. but the thing about niches is that they never stay empty long. RPGs full of boobs and blood and other questionable S&S tropes have rushed in time and again to fill whatever void the current producers of D&D decided to abandon. Complaining that "D&D is sanitized" might be accurate, but its simplistic and counterproductive. Just go buy the game that does what you want. Unfortunately, fans often decide that they own a thing, which means they feel wronged when it changes or "is taken from them," which means they then feel justified being absolute jerks about those changes. [/QUOTE]

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