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I didn't say master of the tower, though I suppose it could have happened at some point. I was just talking about dwarven wizards. And...

It doesn't really matter to the point. The point is that a DM would have to alter the setting, giving it special rules that allow PCs...

1st level fights: The ogre swings at you with his club and it connects causing 12 points of damage, obliterating your spine and sending...

No. It requires no rewrite of the setting. There was nothing written in the setting about dwarves being unable to be wizards. The...

They represent skill, luck, meat, divine intervention, etc. that help you to escape serious injury. They are only abstract in that you...

At first glance, sure. but any actual consideration and the whole idea falls apart. Why does getting your brown belt make you better at...

The problem is what do those things really represent. For all we know each student goes up 3 levels before getting a new belt color and...

Isn't everything you just said after "Immersion is not something that can be discussed in a session zero" something that can be...

Yes, but those are instances of the setting defining new mechanics, not the core mechanics defining the setting.

As far as I can tell only setting specific mechanics like defiling/preserving are tied to setting. You say Greyhawk is tied to...

Eberron was designed after AD&D with the racial assumptions of 3e (any class, any race). They have racial nations for every race in the...

Unless you want it to: one could use 3.5 DMG demograpbic generators in 5E, if one so desired. Rules don't care either way.

With regard to class, yes. Racial abilities are shared by the entire race. PCs and NPCs are no different in that regard.