Dwarves are gay bakers now in d&d
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When did D&D start hating the people who play it? I know they have crapped on Gigax’s legacy
Some time around 4th edition as far as I can tell. 3rd edition was still crunchy enough to keep the filthy unwashed masses at bay, but 4th edition marks a clear delineation where it became simple enough to be infiltrated(or rather that was probably a result of the infiltration).
As an aside, 3rd edition was the last good edition, too. In 5th, nothing is balanced, nothing is calculated, the DMG literally has for loot and treasure tables "eh, fuck it, just go by feeling, we ain't helping you do shit-all here" and then drops single use low-level health potions on the same example random treasure table as "ignore all damage reduction and resistances" magical swords.
Ah shit, I didn't realize it had gotten that bad.
I remember reading through my library's entire stock of 3rd edition books one summer, cover to cover and marveling at all the meticulous tracking of everything in all those tables. It just fascinated me in a way that is, I think, indicative of the kind of obsessive nerdy nature required to really dive into the hobby. If I don't have several tables to look up random loot in and then have to dig out a separate source book to figure out what that loot even does, then am I really playing D&D?
Isn't Pathfinder supposed to be a return to the uber autistic TTRPG format?