Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Magic items are a good reason: no room for them in the PHB, and they require DM opt-in.Not knowing anything about the new Phandelver campaign or the corruption rules, is it fair to expect designers to create a rule for a book published in 2014 that then doesn’t get true use til 10 years later? Part of my issue with the DMG is that these optional rules can be half-baked and it’s the rules that come up as part of campaigns or books like Xanathar’s that really have the detail I’d want - which kind of points to the conclusion “why even have a DMG?”
Making the DMG a "starter" Adve ture anthology and campaign Setting is also a good move to make a case for it for new DMs.