u/terminalnight

Thank you for your discussion in the prior post. The consensus appears to be some kind of sequestering of these tools or an outright ban on their inclusion. For now, a moratorium on these kinds of tools holds. There will invariably be some homebrew content that perhaps may be considered a tool in some eyes and not in others; moderation is subjective and the aim is to uphold the sentiment expressed.

In some time, consideration will be made to allowing these types of posts either on a specific day or in a specific thread but this remains as yet undetermined. This likely will mean the throughput of content posted here will lessen, unless individuals specifically seek to post the type of content they wish to see more of.

To be clear, r/DMToolkit was not ever intended to (solely) revolve around self promotion and a healthy amount of blog posts, thoughts, or other discussions on tools to aid the DM from sources not of the poster's are always welcome, provided they fit submission guidelines.

Thanks.

It appears that everyone and their mother is now coding (or not coding, as the case may be) a sleek, responsive website that seems to be some variation of a lightweight VTT or DM helper or similar.

When r/DMToolkit began, a lot of the content being submitted was from different sources, hence the variety of flairs. This might include interesting blog posts, videos discussing being a DM, and podcasts on the subject. Much of the content now falls into the VTT or Miscellaneous category and there is a paucity of the remainder, save for occasional homebrew content. Hence, this thread has been created to elicit discussion around the subject.

Should readers not find the influx of these posts problematic, nothing will alter. Otherwise, we may seek to restrict the posting of these tools in some way, perhaps upon a specific day or a complete (temporary) moratorium. The AutoModerator has been altered once again to only filter for (somewhat) regular contributors as it was the last time a topic like this was discussed, on AI.