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if you factor in that you also get the finished digital products, I think the price is ok on average, you just do not get your dollars worth every single month, instead it averages out yeah, the setting is a bit more specific, but I don’t see why you cannot either use a different one or ignore...

where do you see DS! not serving the heroic tactical fantasy niche?

probably, the ‘issue’ with DS for me is that a setting it is so different from the kitchen-sink settings of 5e that they will have a hard time making everything fit into the world, and they probably do not want to exclude half of their races and classes like they did in the 2e days. Guess we...

that gets into the weeds and I am not that familiar with enough systems to say this one uses a mechanic that is basically the same as in another but simplified. Someone mentioned ascending armor class, which is clearly not changing granularity at all and generally considered (slightly) simpler...

you tell me, I am just stating it ;)

necessary and entitled are strong words. I would have preferred more communication and was disappointed that it did not happen, and I am clearly not alone in this. What I definitely am entitled to is my own opinion and to post that.

it can lead to less granularity, it does not have to. That will depend both on the starting point and the changes. I also don’t think that more granularity is automatically better. Where your sweet-spot lies will depend. Complexity never is a reasonable goal, simplicity is, you just have to...

have you ever backed a Kickstarter? There usually is pretty frequent communication, progress updates, playtest material, etc. DS! had that too, but less than the average KS, esp. towards the end there was a long stretch of no updated material I was told there would be more on the patreon, and I...

what them using this survey design for so long means to me is that they simply do not care about having a survey that actually works at identifying what their customers consider an improvement. They are perfectly happy with seeing it as a purely marketing / engagement tool with the added bonus...

it’s not that patreons got so much info, it’s that backers got so little. If there were no patreon, it still would have been too little communication to the backers

it sold better than Spelljammer or Planescape, both of which already have remakes. Whether it made a profit is anyone’s guess

that is what the if at the beginning of the sentence is for. You can obviously lose detail in your pursuit of simplicity and speed. At what point detail you care about gets lost will vary

if the result is basically the same, then simpler and faster are better, you will find this very widely accepted Why would anyone want slow and convoluted if it ultimately plays the same

I mean, that is implied, it is the nature of compromise. I have not heard anyone say the DM should never compromise

too early, 2024 hasn’t tanked enough for them to think about 6e, as much as I would like them to

maybe, but then why did they apparently change the format since, making it easier to distinguish between ‘I do not like the idea’ and ‘I like it, but it is not there yet’ In any case, a test that just checks vibes is not worth my time. It hardly is if it actually tried to identify improvements...

why is the same not true if you had to not play a turtle-person and rather walked?

‘if push comes to shove’ does not mean there never is compromise, it means that if a compromise was attempted but cannot be reached, the DM will also stick to their guns, apparently just like the player does, as otherwise a compromise would have been reached… In other words, the player cannot...

that is my problem with them, what does giving something a 2 mean? Do I not like it and want to keep what we have now, do I like the idea but think the implementation needs work? Will WotC understand it the same way I meant it? After a few rounds I settled on only voting min (reject it...

the one post I read that way came after mine ('As the one running the game? Yes. Or one of them can run the game. Its that easy, has always been. Its wild this thread continues.'). I agree with your reading of it, but disagree with the post. Not sure it is not just phrased badly though, as the...