https://twitter.com/culturevg/status/14 ... 0053470219This post should have been made in the 5E setting, because it’s not the rules I have a problem with above all—though they are no doubt dumbed down—but the setting. But there’s no 5E setting lol, and that’s the entire problem. Or rather half of it, because the other half is that the adventures are simplistic compared to PF. But the lack of a setting is mindblowing.
Rime of the Frostmaiden goes out of its way in the introduction to avoid mentioning the Forgotten Realms, and even tries to convince you that Icewind Dale is a “self-contained setting” lol.
It’s tragic what Wizards did to D&D. Thank god we have Paizo and don’t need them anymore. What a trainwreck. They wrecked one of the main attractions of D&D: the majesty of their settings. Once that had been accomplished of course the adventures will nosedive too since it’s the epic setting that inspires the epicness of the adventures... When your entire setting is now “Icewind Dale”—which on the Realms atlas is barely more than a hex—how can you make something epic anymore? They have regressed to the 1970s lol.
I say lol but it’s not a laughing matter.