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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkj" data-source="post: 7752485" data-attributes="member: 18646">There's a lot here. And I understand your thoughts on the matter. I don't agree with a lot of it, but I think we'll probably just have to go with the 'agree to disagree' route (which I usually do with forum disagreements, as I lack the energy for lengthy ones and usually it comes down to differing tastes).  But to avoid being cryptic, I'll note my own opinions:1) I don't think the D&D system 'isn't that great' or that class and level based systems suck. I can see that they might not suit certain tastes, however. And that's fine. 2) I don't agree that having the Realms as the only supported setting would make D&D a setting specific game and eventually result in people abandoning it. From previous survey info WotC has released, most games are homebrew. And within the main books (especially DMG) they provide a great deal of support of homebrew. And I've found their Realms products to be great and easily adaptable resources for my own homebrew games. I haven't run a realms game in decades, but I've lifted a lot material from their adventures in 5e. And I think they are designed that way intentionally. Do I think providing other settings as examples would be useful for folks?  Yes! Do I really want them to release other settings for me to plunder? Absolutely! Do I think it's an imperative for the long term viability of the game? Probably not. All that said, they have been clearly telegraphing other settings for awhile. I don't think it will be a quick bone thrown to us grognard dogs. We may or may not like their approach (I guarantee some of us will hate it). But I think it will be a well thought out plan. I also think it'll be wrapped around storylines. I think you have a great point about DDB and the likelihood that print at some point may not be the primary mode of consumption. And I have all these random thoughts about how they might use 'primers', the DM's Guild, print adventures, their multiverse approach in these upcoming plans . . . but I'm tired. And my ability to predict with any specificity what they tend to do has been pretty piss poor anyway. So I think I'll go to bed instead. Cheers,AD</blockquote>

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