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Actually wasn't this always kind of the case with rural areas anywhere? IIRC they often lag a ways behind cities in various trends throughout history.

I find it slightly annoying Genefunk is in metric, at lewst the bits I saw in a sort of early access vereion of it. Maybe that has changed.

How does Genefunk 2090 compare to Carbon 2185?

It is sad it isn't doing as well, because frankly 5e should have more stuff involving modern firearms and items.

Isn't there a habit of pale-skinned ethnicities often speaking up on behalf of minorities, without really taking said minorities' opinions into account for stuff like this? Among First Nation/Native American/Autocthonous users here, how do you feel about Goldmoon or Riverwind?

Considering kender literally don't even seem to realize objects wind up in their grasp, maybe when the objects migrating urge happens, their minds go blank and they sort of wake up with an object on their person (from their POV).

I think there is a slight mistake with the Darkest Age armor table. There's nothing about Strength requirements. Is that a mistake or is that intended?

I think sometimes an issue about how we've used the Nazis so much as a goto bad guy is that we kind of forget the cold, ruthless horror of what they did. Like I remember reading about this one extermination camp money sorter, for Auschwitz I think, and how it was mentioned at his trial that he...

Don't most fans only consider the Hickman or Knaack stuff the only "true" Dragonlance stuff?

Honestly of the 3 comedic relief races, the only truly most offensive ones are the gully dwarves. Their entire existence of being a completely mentally addled race that literally can't like count past 5 or some naughty word, and being so stupid overall, completely breaks SoD on how they could survive...

Regarding the "My Little Pony" RPG, doesn't Ponyfinder for Pathfinder 1e & D&D 5e kind of already fill that niche?

Raist was a naughty word naughty word who should've had his face punched in long ago. Jesus.

I thought Tolkien elves were big, tall, and broad? Strong, hearty, and stout all that. Even had beards and didn't really have pointy ears. Hardly the shorter, more frail elves we generally see in most D&D settings?

Azurth strikes me as more what the article is looking for: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/209712/Mortzengersturm-The-Mad-Manticore-of-the-Prismatic-Peak?manufacturers_id=7124 https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/221593/Azurth-Adventures-Digest-Issue-1?manufacturers_id=7124

Would an RPG attempting to base itself on "American Fantasy" perhaps be best served by looking at stuff like the Wizard of Oz, various regional tall tales and legends (Paul Bunyan, Picos Bill, Appalachian tales, etc) along with possibly looking at Pre-Columbian legends and tales and folklore as...