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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...

I kind of feel that this has missed it's chance to be radical by several decades.

No, they do not. The world doesn’t care what your characters stats are. The world reacts to your character’s appearance and actions...

I think "Roll initiative" or even "You must gather your party before venturing forth" might be more well known.

Flavour needs no mechanics. You can play a half gnome/half dwarf with plenty of flavour without any special mechanics. As for...

It would be interesting, and sometimes useful, however, the word count for these books is fixed, and that includes any side bars.

I don't agree every adventure needs a twist. If they all do, it loses it's usefulness.

Or run it for a lower level party.

I really can't understand this. What's your problem? I mean, the main reason half elf was popular was it was mechanically overpowered...

You miss the point. No one cares what YOU find bad taste. You aren’t the people WotC are trying to sell too - you aren’t even American...

I still pop in, but I am not starting threads (or commenting much). I ran a one-shot of Daggerheart for another group of friends -...

Do you understand the term "bad taste", as applied to manners? As in "the comedian's joke was in bad taste"? The relates to culture, and...

Not RPGing, traditional and simulationist play. Other styles don't get the same treatment. Traditional play is "playing to find out...

The original people who coined those terms were also using them in a derogatory manner. I guess it's okay to use derogatory terms if you...

That's not going to happen, since they are not going to add one species that uses ASIs, when all the others follow 2024 rules. Note that...