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Exactly. Ravenloft is another good example. Per the old cannon, no one survived the events of I6 (or it's 2e remake). No matter what...

Pretty much every edition of D&D has been quite bad and/or deeply inconsistent at this. 3E arguably least, because it used the...

I'm saying your bog-standard GM should be able to extrapolate from the high-level tropes of a race to determine a workable set of...

It isn't like there isn't ANY info, AFAIK, the new books have a section on species. And it isn't like the 5e14 books aren't still...

No. What's the problem? If I need an elf NPC in my game, I add one. If it needs stats, I make up stats that feel elfy.

Then it only sort of matters?

That we know of.

Happy to help.

If your group doesn't already know the default tropes and identities of a race, then there really isn't any need to portray them...

You can always elect to take a lower strength than the 8 if you really want to have a weaker character.

Yea. I've done that in the past when I've had a strong character vision. It would be nice if it arose a little more organically, but...

Yea, that tracks. In my own games, elves and dwarves are generally less common, but I do have rationales for that, and they are...

I don't even think people prefer 1 anymore. Kinda feeling that "modern" setting have no problem with tons of elves and dwarves and them...

It would also probably help if the character creation rules let you make a Small character with a more realistic Strength size. The...

Yeah but many post 1990s setting have elves and dwarves be very active. So there is a sense of dissonance.