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Oh, most certainly. It is an improvement over the idea that because you're an elf, you 100% always have one specific culture and never...

Well, for starters it creates the biological essentialism argument that a dwarf born an orphan and never having contact with other...

In terms of heritage, a Dwarf born to Dwarf parents is going to have the same innate traits (size, age, speed, Darkvision) as any other...

What would work is to clearly define it as a macro to micro level. I am a dwarf (species). I grew up in Waterdeep (culture). I am a...

And more unique as individuals.

because human or dwarf, elf or orc, there's only going to be so much difference between how one kind of species and another lives as a...

That's a good Background idea. :) It's also a good example of Bardic Inspiration. ;) I've been musing on and off about a background for...

Well, to give you a good example of a background I felt was missing from 5.0, and which hasn't been matched in 5.5e yet to the best of...

There will be thousands, yes. Is it useful to have thousands of them as options? Or is it useful to articulate relevant, interesting...

It's cool. I can see there being room for more backgrounds in D&D. Right now, I am just wondering how many more and how many of them are...

I think the number of backgrounds in 5e2014 and 5e2024 are just enough for the player to pick and choose what they want for their character.

Every species in a D&D setting probably is as culturally diverse as humans are. However, how do you expect WoTC to portray those...

For my part, this is why I have always spoken for key racial features. Dragonborn have dragon breath, faster healing, and a frenzied...

Especially when 5e is trying to keep it short and simple. As everyone pretty much knows, RL is anything but simple. That would be my...

Uh, didn’t the desire for culture as it’s own category come about because people didn’t like the idea of all members of a species having...