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It’s not really a “weapon” at all. It’s sports equipment, just like full plate. It’s true for many of the things in D&D - they aren’t...

“Longsword” type weapons didn’t see much use as a weapon of war during any historical period. Neither did rapiers. In both cases they...

I say bring back the 3rd edition double headed flail.

Rapier concealed in a cane is very on brand for Eberron.

It was Magnifico in the books. Making it Bayta feels too topical to this year, and seems like a last minute change, poorly explained, to...

The Forest Oracle Revisited.

Riffing on that, a Ravenloft domain.

Domain of Delight, ruled by Mab, rendered to slumber by... some great power. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to travel back...

Ghosts of Saltmarsh functions just as well in the Forgotten Realms. Any collection of generic fantasy adventures works as well in any...

A great time for worldbuilding. But I have little confidence in the writers ability to do that - I expect everything will be reset back...

A remake of Waterworld. How can this fail?

Probably about the same time Errol Flynn started playing Robin Hood (set around 1200).

Is the rapier really any less appropriate than a hand crossbow or a lucern hammer for fighting dragons.

They did one in the 5e era, set in Baldur’s Gate, with Minsc & co. But that is D&D in Clue, not Clue in D&D.

Generation gap, too: Gygax was a Silent Gener and Greenwood is a Boomer. Thus different literary influences, like Narnia, enter the...