We’ve drained swamps. Built levees and dams. Constructed dikes (see Netherlands). Clear cut forests for farmland. Built reservoirs and aqueducts.
Humans have, for many thousands of years, learned to control their environment and do it well.
Ceasing all forest management is akin to not watering your plants and being shocked when they wither and die.
This is a mix of extreme incompetence and deliberate evil.
This is a supplement too. Even less likely people will read it.
The thing about D&D, anything and everything can be altered or changed based on the whims of the DM.
In fact, I’m going to double down and add more colonialism. More half-orcs and half-elves. And make gnolls the most evil sumbitches thatve ever existed.
I’m going to agree with a lot of others and say the LOTR trilogy was when we peaked. Still lots of good movies since then, but it’s gotten gradually worse.
Admittedly, the Marvel movies were an epic ride. They were just fun to watch and should’ve been tied up with a nice bow at the end of Endgame. But they couldn’t resist the cash grab and just started sharting out the garbage.
The END of Hollywood was back when they put requirements for wokism in their Oscar qualifications. The steady decline of the film industry just went off a cliff after that.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW9Nrg_kZU&pp=ygUbc3VwZXJtYW4gdnMgZ29rdSByYXAgYmF0dGxl
They have redone Superman so many times now. How many Superman origin stories do we have to watch?
Nah I’m sticking to my reliable pager. It’s made in Israel so you know it’s quality.