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You still stuck on this? 4e was ditched because it didn’t sell.

Because English is mostly a nongendered language, any unnecessarily gendered noun sounds archaic. For example, I was surprised to...

Yeah. If you're new you should start small, dealing with much smaller groups and power structures. The first time I picked up the DMG...

I never had the 3.5 rules but the default setting for 3.0 was Greyhawk. I assume they commissioned Eberron because Greyhawk was not popular.

they just released two FR books, while they do not meet your idea of what a setting should be like, I do not consider your take...

I couldn't agree less. National archetypes are a tired way to build and present a setting. There are many, mny more ways, starting with...

And for situations not involving breeding or prostitution there is no reason for putting adult humans in separate classes.

And I would tell them to start with small county-sized region, or maybe an island, and not worry about other counties or even a national...

It’s not a failure of D&D, it’s a failure of imagination. Eberron and Dark Sun deal with religion differently, and paladins are not tied...

French does like to give everything gendered nouns, but personally I would prefer them to disappear completely. Unless you are planning...

It probably isn't your intention, but when you say the entire 2024 5e community is united in supporting your setting assumptions and...

Because it's a fool's errand to even try. The base is too fractured on everything, like people are on every topic.

Yeah, judging by the comments on this forum I would say that setting assumptions and social contract issues are far more divisive than...

I would not count on that…

Those are a very small number of people who make a lot of noise. “You may not change a jot or tittle” nonsense. Most players don’t care.