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I've been playing D&D for two decades, 5e for half that time. I've played a lot of wizards and a lot of spellcasters in that time, to...

I am a constant DM (not a player, so not particularly cheering for the wizard), but I agree with @Zardnaar's general point. One problem...

A handful of FR deities were first Greco-Roman gods who later got renamed. Lathander is a renamed Apollo, etc. Sune's renaming was...

It's not just hard, it's outright impossible, it's so utterly baked into setting and has been for decades. Sune being Venus backwards...

You can't loot a culture (although you can loot physical artifacts which is wrong), you can only be inspired by it, because culture...

Came here to mention this gem. The Neverwinter Campaign Setting is absolutely amazing, filled with plot hooks and leads but leaving the...

The dragonborn in 3e were something else entirely, if memory serves. Bahamut created them via other humanoids (odd). The dragonborn as...

Tell that to Mielikki and Loviatar.

None. He is a god of justice that got his hand chopped by a big wolf... /s

Beadle & Grimms is selling a collection of maps from the upcoming Adventures in Fearun D&D Hardcover, and the preview page reveals the...

I haven't run the content as written, but the maps and components make it a great resource for running games on D&D Beyond. I run short...

I’d wager it’s actually tied to Moander, who used to be all the rage in Faerûn back in the day and seems to return for this new book. I...

Its very clean and generic. I'm looking at some older 5E books and yeah you can spot the difference already.

Here is how I look at it... 1) The base rules are 99% 5e (not 5.5e or 2024). So if you have a bunch of 5e books, they directly port...

I really don't think WotC would be too worried about this. I can, alone and unpaid, think of a series of justifications (e.g. he's...