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While I understand the points you make.... what if the dominance of D&D is just because people like it and have fun? Checkers players...

Don’t know why people are suddenly down on Planescape that was good. Spelljammer’s problem was it’s length over it’s content.

From memory, slavery in Dark Sun is not racialised. So I'm not sure why it is being said to more closely resemble US than classical...

I think an equally relevant question: How long do your groups STAY at level 1 or even levels 1-3? Some groups power through the early...

I have generally started at level1 but I also generally use published material. I am ameniable to to starting at higher levels...

I feel like I’ve learned what there is for me to learn about starting at 1st level. The last times I ran, I started at (depending on the...

My default is starting at Level 2. I've seen other DMs generally start higher like 3 or 4. I've literally never played a 5e game at...

They exist because there is a demand for different caster conceptions. Their problems stem from the fact that wizard came first and most...

I am enamored of warlocks in 5e because the pact concept go in so many different directions, from Elric to Faust to Dorothy Gayle to Old...

I know there’s a bit of a mechanical difference between them in how the cast, slots, sorcery points, spell lists, etc. I know there’s a...

All true, I was giving an extreme example of the power disparity. There was still a lot of.considerations of rank, privilage and station...

The ability of upper classes to murder people in lower classes actually varied a bunch by time and place. The Holy Roman Empire had a...

I think that is just philosophizing about religion by way of gaming without actually interrogating what makes people religious and what...

I think D&D as a whole would have been better without clerics and divine magic.

The biggest flaw with a lot of fantasy pantheons is given that regular people also have super powers - you'd rightly see all those guys...