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Yes I ran an ancient greek bronze age campaign. All humans. Limited classes. We used 5e, but I relied heavily on Age of Heroes. We had a...

I always go by the belief "The DM can make any setting they want with any kind of race, class, or spell restrictions. But the DM...

Completely agree. The idea that "D&D doesn't do generic fantasy very well" has always struck me as one of those instances where the...

Really, I've found D&D has always been a fairly good generic fantasy system meant to be modified (or was anyway). Especially when you...

And I will be completely honest as to why I dont have orcs (or halflings) in my campaign. Playing in the 80s, I didnt want anyone to...

If a DM wants to run a strongly themed campaign that restricts or bans some of the familiar PC options, I would expect that they would...

How did the 5e vs 5.5e thread somehow randomly morph into the "Circus Troupe" thread about Setting Lore?

I haven't had orcs in my world since it was created around '86 or so. No problems with the players at all.

That's how I always looked at it, that restrictions helped to create favor, because when every setting puts every choice on the table...

why not, ultimately they care about something in an imaginary world already or they would not be playing D&D… 2e defiling / preserving...

Because their character would? (Or not if playing a character that wanted power without personal repercussions)

Re: bolded (emphasis mine); We felt those rules caused players to think in ways inherent to that setting and caused different play...

Is that supposed to be a "gotcha"? Shadowrun is a much more narrow concept for a game than "fantasy" for D&D. The AD&D 2e Ravenloft...

oh yeah, of course they are, 2024 is too abstract and too ‘random’ for me however. I can see the benefits too, a generic Rend lets you...

Sometimes "a little more explicitly abstract" is the little more that tips things over into discontent. Everyone usually has a line or...