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Dragonlance overlapped into 2nd edition. So gained dwarven clerics. But I believe it was actually Unearthed Arcana that enabled dwarven...

and I am going to say you are wrong, there were dwarven clerics, they just disappeared with the other clerics...

That’s not what I mean. Even in 1st edition NPCs could have class levels. But the overwhelming majority (99.99% in 1st edition) did not...

Very much a 1st edition thing. NPC classes and monster levels were a specifically 3rd addition thing. Now things are back to how they...

But not everyone is equally proficient in the abilities they are granted by their species. Humans have the ability to run a mile in less...

And might not have done so if that hadn’t been in the core rules (that many tables ignored). It’s not necessarily to the setting. You...

Has to apply to racial abilities too. Greyhawk’s elves are listed as fielding battalions of archers, not firebolters.

I think this dramatically misrepresents the fungibility of the 5e ecosystem where minor bonuses don't have large table impacts. Dropping...

I’m out. I made the mistake of turning on the car radio whilst waiting at traffic lights.

Moorcock ain’t dead.

eh, they took the irrelevant parts and changed them The history of Krynn is still the same, the map is still the same, the war is still...

Initially, back in the 1990s. Then it was picked up by several computer games and adventures, and even appeared briefly in a movie...

The whole fantasy genre is based around nostalgia for an imaginary past. And the D&D game was built by pastiching classic fantasy...

Last I heard Drizzt didn’t live in Icewind Dale any more.

Putting out Forge is what I classify as a "least bad" option. It has downsides, but all the alternatives are worse. I absolutely want...