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And they could still have done that story, even if they had gotten 3 Human or 3 Elf mechanics, rather than 3 'Half-Elf' ones.

If I'm going to imagine fun things... there's a much longer list ahead of 'D&D isn't owned by WoTC anymore.'

Quite frankly, I don't care why any of them left. Cause trying to figure out why does not change anything.

Could be done, but never going to be done. At least not within the 5E paradigm. The D&D advancement game is about Class. That's it. Class is all that matters. Species, background, feats-- all minor flavor bits by comparison.

They all stink and do not identify a gosh-darned thing. BA Dash? Is it an orc or a rogue or monk? I guess this ability insinuates they are one and the same. Perception skill proficiency? Is it an elf or pretty much any other character that selects the most popular skill in the game? The...

I'd let you use an Unseen Servant in this way even if there weren't "rules" in place to allow it. In fact, the Servant wouldn't even be just barely passable, but actually a fairly good drummer at the beginning. And as the Bard leveled, the Servant would level up their drumming skill too...

I for one do not find a single species whose mechanics are appreciably meaningful... especially not when you bury them under 20 levels worth of class mechanics. ;)

## What's the matter with the game I'm playing? ## Can't you tell when I roll my dice? ## Maybe I should buy some new d20s ## Or will my dice pool mechanic suffice? ## Where have you been using Foundry or Roll20? ## You can't get a mini without spending lots of money ## Everybody's talkin'...

Exactly. If (general) you want your PC's history to include the fact that one parent was an elf and the other was a human... that's fine by me. Your backstory is your backstory. But I wouldn't have (general) you use special game mechanics to represent it. There aren't any special mechanics...

First time I saw him was when he competed on the first season of King of the Nerds.

I still don't get why some people feel it is so important to think that "Pathfinder outsold D&D" or that "Daggerheart will surpass D&D" that they'll go through all this effort to try and claim/prove it. If (general) you have such an issue with the idea that a game you do not like is the more...

Well of course. But I was referencing the comment that implied that due to people being laid off in America that we were heading to a dystopia. But then again... if things are bad in other parts of the globe compared to America... those places are still better now than they were during First...

People might say we are moving into a dystopia, but I'd still rather live in the dystopia of today and tomorrow than the illness-infected 1800s or any part of the globe during the Second World War. Because we never experienced the world that our grandparents and great-grandparents grew up in...

I'd be more interested to see who the players were that actually play in the 'zero-prep' game. I have to imagine there's a certain... unconcernedness... with how the game runs for those people. Ones for whom just getting together to hang out is the most important part of the evening, with the...

Heh... I know it was just a typing mistake... but I very much like the Freudian slip you put in here. Yes, it absolutely would be DUMB for a multimillionaire to throw their wealth into some fantasy heartbreaker to try and surpass D&D. :D