thats insofar a strange question because one DnD doestn have a community, thankfully, and secondly because it already is full of newcommers.
5e is full of new people who never played any other edition.
The same was true with third edition. hence why so many third edition fans act as if thats what dnd "is", despite them still just beeing late to the party and assume what they know is the be all end all.

Generaly i dont bother, it only affected my table once when someone tried to use a classic "bad 5e wording" abuse and i just didnt let him do it. (in case anyone doesnt know, many podcast watching 5e players are used to stuff like using tiny hut to create an impenetrable barrier that you can freely shoot out of)
And thats where that particular impact ended.

I personally dont mind. DnD becoming more mainstream is only realy good for me, keeps my players group more healthy, but i play an older edition so any change to the ruleset doesnt bother me.


What bothers me of course is the Cultural representation.
I still havent found out wether the seven man cuck squad tweet was a fake or not, but that shit certainly drives me away from openly advocating the product.


EDIT:
>BG3 should stick to 5e rules
you people need to broaden your horizont a bit and play older editions and get used to the mindset.
Everyone homebrews. Flat out. Thats that.
Any people that claim that theres no homebrew at their table only ever played with one tableand forgot that not all of the things they do is RAW.
Every DM consciously or unconcsiously tampers with the rules till they fit whatever style of game they are going for.

Tell me how many 5e DMs let their players track weight. The only DMs that regulary do this are OSR DMs, because in TSR era games carry weight, tracking ressources and time are crucial gameplay elements, while the more narrative focused newer editions usually dont bother. But RAW its there iirc.

Larian does what every DM ever did. They adapt the rules to the Campaign theyre running. Theres a reason it didnt used to be "Dungeon Master" but "Referee", and there used to be "Rulings".

A lot of you people could benefit from a bit of history reading of the game you hold up in such high esteem. Because the things you complain about are the actual basis on which the game is built upon.

EDIT 2:
>you arent a real game unless...
Well YOU arent a real RPG game unless you played Wizardry Bane of the Cosmic forge, Crusader of the Dark Savant and imported your safefiles into Wizardry 8 and THEN finished the game after boning the Rapax queen
WellYOU arent a real Tabletop Gamer unless you successfully survived Tomb of Horrors, DMed in the vein of Gary Gygax.
...
This is ridiculous.

Last edited by Sordak; 26/10/20 04:36 PM.