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I recall this being especially bad in 3e. Feats for things like grappling should enhance your ability to do it rather seemingly require the feat to grapple. I can understand some effects being locked behind special training (feats) but so.etimes they go overboard

You don't even need to explain the cosmology for players of clerics, though it might depend on the player, I'm quite content to play a cleric of war or a cleric of order and just use the domains as the church. Others might really want to have a god in which case you might need something which...

I might enjoy reading it, but unless it really impacts the game it isn't something that I need to know. I've played plenty of games knowing very little about magic, the gods (I might learn the names of a couple to curse in game), or the planes and their inhabitants.

Honestly, I wouldn't begrudge anyone who backed this. If this is a product that they loved back when it was first released and they want an updated version, I'd be fine with it.

This might be a little rambling back and forth. 2e was the second version of DnD I played and still a favourite. I can't comment too much on 1e as I've only flicked through the books and read comments from others. I will say, one think I did not like about 1e core books was the writing style...

That dancing lights spell would look okay if it was dancing (admittedly not how the spell is described) and didn't have crazy eyes.

I just wanted the psion to not be a different kind of wizard. If they'd made psionics feel different in method of use it might have been enough to draw me back to 5e, but as soon as I saw prepared spells and spell slots it killed any interest I may have had.

For that I think they'll need a new setting as shoehorning additional races into established settings can often lead to lacklustre results but if a new setting is created that integrates them along with the other phb handbook races, I think that will lead to better lore for goliaths.

I don't even really bother with the standard dragons now either, I instead focus on the elements so a red or gold dragon is just a dragon of flame. Really cuts back on the number of dragon types running around (I think I only have 6 types I use and two, representing life and death, are only maybes).

I always thought Jack the giant slayer was at least part of the inspiration for the 1e ranger given that they had that damage bonus that let them deal to giants. I have this image of rangers being archers but I don't think bows were actually a major part of the base ranger until 3.5 when the...

They just need "Vulnerable to sling stones" added to the race abilities.

Excelsior, NX, sovereign are some of my favourites. Spent a lot of time watching Those New Guys in their galaxy class and love chonky that ship is. Not sure I really have a favourite enterprise though. If talking about just star trek starships, I do like the warp delta class. Makes me think of...

Seeing it back online was truly epic.

That can be pretty important. I often include races based on the following: The initial race selection by players. Created setting lore. Once the setting lore is "done", I often won't include other races unless I have a large open unexplored area but even then, they'll often be made up of...