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And this is one of the reasons why the DM will ask a player for a skill check. ;) Individually, people aren't very knowledgeable about...

According to Wikipedia, Culture is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as...

not supporting Yarrel's point, just responding to the question, but even amongst the base PHB backgrounds (14' at any rate) there are a...

Which background in 5e grants the character a bonus language?

Brigandine is the armor. Looks like this! Early D&D designers saw it and just saw leather with some studs in it, and knowing that...

That setting probably would be the Forgotten Realms. It's been around since 1e and has appeared in nearly every edition of D&D. The...

Are you suggesting that WoTC should do what Paizo did in PF1 by coming up with its' own take of the Elves of Golarion splatbook? That...

Ah. :) When I first got my hands on the Adventurer's Guide and saw Leather Brigandine instead of Studded Leather, I briefly wondered...

You can push the idea of a multiverse with just a single world. It's been done before in various TV series, comic books, films, etc...

Forgotten Realms. I thought that was quite obvious. Given, y'know, a third or more of all the books really are about the FR and only...

This is happily covered in Level Up. If it's something you are born with, it's a part of your heritage. If it's something you have to...

you can have species cultures without the assumption that every elf is born knowing how to wield a longsword and speak elvish, that's...

So...when you said "I consider backgrounds to be the participation in various cultural institutions.", what did that mean? Because that...

You ask this as though 5e does not have a default setting...because it pretty clearly does.

Okay. Folks have repeatedly said they should, or said things about how backgrounds somehow invoke culture. If they do not actually say...