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I'm sure it's a combination of different factors. I think there are some players who have been building a concept and want to use it in...

I think some people think I'm waging a war against non-standard options and that's not really what I'm saying. Rather, it is that a DM...

It's something I've felt too. In my experience, 5E has definitely brought a crowd that's leaning much more towards the weirder options...

Not OP, but personally, I like gnolls. Thus I ignore any all evil type things that WotC might try and force on things, like I ignore...

You are not alone. I chalk it up to different priorities in character focus: some players are more drawn to macro-level...

I want to be sure I didn't use the term "circus troupe" in some sort of way that was offensive as it was genuinely just the easiest way...

DM's pick essentially everything about the world, portray virtually every NPC, so for me it is a huge red flag when they cant relinquish...

I think a large part of the issue with the 'Mos Eisley Cantina' style of species availability is that most DMs as they are prepping a...

Shadowdark has similar, or will when the Kickstarter is fulfilled.

I think this is it right here. I've been DMing for about 20 years now, and in my experience and observation, most campaign settings are...

yes it's a trope, but my point was more in people using the 'adventurer misfit' mindset to justify throwing reason to the wind and...

I've been arguing for a while D&D needs a real default setting that defines the place of everything in the setting, like Midguard for...

yeah, rereading the OP it sounds more like their issue arises when the characters seem to lack connection to the world and civilization...

To me, neither Middle Earth nor Eberron exemplify the issue in the OP, because both settings give guidelines for how different races can...

Its harder to encounter the 'weird and interesting' when to your left is Bob the Green Ooze Sorcerer, and to your right is Frank the Orc...