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I think the Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes approach to elves was very useful. Actually, it’s approach to everything was useful, as it...

Dragonlance has a Corellon in all but name, Branchala, specifically for this. Paladine is Bahamut, naturally.

Now see, that's one of my pet peeves. People who obviously have an idea for a character independent of D&D and, instead of writing a...

The Purple Dragon Knight retooling was misguided, but I think the worst part is the implementation. It’s misguided for all the reasons...

If it only occurred in the last few years, that's kind of an "A guy named Otto Ocatvius ends up with eight arms? What are the odds?"...

Sometimes I'm really disappointed by the literal-mindedness of the D&D designers, and really reductive ideas about creating color and...

I’m a bit late to this thread, so forgive me if everything said below has already been said by another: It is not just you. Mos Eisley...

This is one of the advantages of playing in a game with a DM who takes a more active hand in establishing setting expectations. If they...

I have always felt it a little jarring when I am in a party that has characters ranging from a talking bird to a centaur with nary a...

Every eberron adventure has an airship or lightning rail, or both. It's in Keith's contract....

Here's the one from Kara-Tur.

The desk automatically fails any attempt to create allegory.

“Give us that, my love.” “Why?” “Because 11 December is my birthday, and I wants it.”

This is a great summation of my thoughts too.

I think that’s a great assessment. I appreciate the work that both Perkins and Crawford did overall, though Crawford drove me crazy with...