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It is just a different way to set up the game and narrative control of things. I have played in shared world D&D games where the DM shifted and we riffed on ideas and setting elements others had introduced as well as our own. As a DM I have incorporated things players have introduced for stuff...

Can you say where a 1e 1d4 is stated? The MM says d6, and the DMG I found the mercenaries as 0 level with d4+3. I vaguely remember d4 for peasants but can't find the reference right now.

I think there is a qualitative difference in the DM player relationship based on the alignment mechanics. In OD&D to 3e for example the paladin mechanics had the DM review whether the paladin made a prohibited alignment action (chaotic act for OD&D, evil acts for the other editions) or not and...

So the 9th level contact patron thing is new to the 24 warlock, it was not part of being a warlock in the 14 PH. It gives a contact other plane once a day to their patron with an auto successful save and they always have the spell prepared. Level 9: Contact Patron In the past, you usually...

Microlite 20 Revised (297) Microlite20 Undead Skeleton: Animate Dead spell. Undead Zombie: Animate Dead spell. 4th – Level Spells Animate Dead Range: touch Effects: creates level X2 HD of undead skeletons or zombies. You can control only 4 HD worth of undead creatures per caster level.

1e MM Men entry page 66: "Normal men have from 1-6 hit points each." There are non-normal men with different HD entries on page 67: bersekers have 2-7 hp, cavemen have 2 normal d8 HD, and tribesmen have 1 normal d8 HD. 1e DMG page 30: "Note that regular soldiers are 0 level men-at-arms with...

I did that for a 5e one shot, though I had never heard that a WotC designer did so as well. I was riffing on a friend’s story from back in 1e but who had done something similar with an albino red.

I was thinking more that blues can work most anywhere, desert, sea coastline, mountains, whatever. Others like whites and greens have less options for predator camouflage.

I always thought of blue as blending in with the sky.

In world the explanation is often The Chromatic Dragon Tiamat as mother of evil dragons.

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