Thread by @WhatDoIKnowJR

Just to make a clear statement, since I've got a podcast talking about #DnD5e with @orikes13 and @Thelight101, I love D&D 5e. It's my favorite iteration of the game so far. We started the podcast because we love the game and have fun playing it.

I am not going to support WotC until they take steps to make their position less hostile to the community and more permanent. But I've still got a lot of material, and I'm still looking forward to a lot of exciting 3rd party material.

If you look at the campaigns I've run in D&D 5e, outside of running games for the Adventurers League, I've run Storm King's Thunder, then run a campaign of my own set in @KoboldPress' Zobeck.

After that, I ran a campaign using the Tales of the Old Margreve adventure anthology, also in KP's Midgard. I ran a campaign using @Fafhrd881 and @encodeddesigns' Streets of Avalon setting.

My current campaign is set in KP's Mharoti Empire, and I already know that I want my next campaign to use @seasofvodari.

The majority of monsters I have used since SKT have been from Kobold Press and @TheOnyxPath's Creature Collection.

I've modified subsystems from Adventures in Middle-earth and @FreeLeaguePub's Ruins of Symbaroum 5e adaptations.

I have been really happy with the subclasses presented in the official WotC material. Fizban's Treasury of Dragons was a major inspiration in my current campaign, and I'm using material from that book.

I think the tweaks to group skill checks introduced in Ghosts of Saltmarsh are great, and should have appeared in more products. The supernatural environment's from Tasha's are a great addition to the rules, as are group patrons.

Ever since the book as come out, I've been trying to work some kind of cross-planar shenanigans with Strixhaven into a game. I also really want to use Radiant Citadel as a location.

As far as adventure content, Strixhaven has had some of the most novel additions to a campaign structure, and Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel and Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen are both some of the best adventures/anthologies that 5e has produced.

I'm saying all of that to say that while I can't endorse WotC products at the moment, it's not for a lack of quality. The last few years have produced some amazing books, from some amazing designers and editors.

But I'm also saying, at least for the moment, while there are still 3pp in the pipeline, it's really easy to still have enthusiasm for using 5e for my campaigns. I don't want to ignore the hard work that many 3pp are putting into their OGL products.

So I'm not planning on leaving my 5e gaming in the past just yet. I'm not planning on abandoning the podcast I do with very fun and talented people. But I'm also not going to forget what WotC management has done to destroy the goodwill of the community.