It is strange that Wizards would sneak out a significant expansion to high-level play and monsters on Dungeon Master's Guild as a PoD book. At nearly 300 pages, this feels like a significant expansion book, and it needs to be a nicely-printed hardcover.
Then again, I have this feeling we are slowly creeping back into AD&D 2nd Edition censorship, and Wizards will get rid of demons, devils, and the entire concept of Hell because this is "linked to real-world religions" - just like the shaman and witch are being removed from Magic the Gathering.
I feel these concepts are not "Wall Street-friendly" and will likely be removed from the game. If you can't sell it at Target, it won't get a release. It is the same with spells that could be misused in 'harmful ways' against players, like charm person or hold person - one bad YouTube story that goes viral about those will get them removed.
The slow creep of censorship is here. That will filter down into everything, even video games, and one drop at a time, the game we loved won't be the same. It won't happen all at once, but I feel it is happening.
In 10 years, we will not recognize D&D.
This is why I choose smaller, independent games. I don't need to play 5E. "Finding a game" is not a good enough excuse to support this, just like "being able to find food" is a terrible excuse to eat fast food every night of the week. You can find better games, and you will need to work a little harder, but you will get more out of it, and the community will be healthier and a more diverse place as a result.
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