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Because D&D is trying to be more like Star Wars, with dozens of exotic races to give the world more of a cosmopolitan and fantastical feel.

This used to be how D&D worked. All weapons dealt 1d6 damage.

Every magic item in my campaign was built for a purpose. When it is fulfilling that purpose, it does "more" than a generic magic item. Sometimes that purpose can cause trouble (i.e. always fight the biggest enemy, never retreat, etc.).

At 3rd you can animate the dead, bring the recently dead back to life, hurl elemental forces, fly, cancel other spells, bend time, turn into a cloud of vapor, summon creatures from beyond, and bestow and remove curses. This is the level where casters become the iconic wielders of mystical powers.

Is it that rare for parties/characters to take a year of down time in most games? Seems like it would be almost mandatory in any kingdom-building campaign. Politics, realm management, army building...these things can take scads of time.

No reason a hag can't be part of a coven and still live alone. The coven could be spread across the continent. But they can all go to their cauldrons and cast spells together via ZBroom.

Throwing out the Saving Throws and going with ability checks instead has two knock-off effects: 1. At early levels, ability checks are FAR easier to make, even for average scores. 2. There is very little improvement as you level. So saves will change very little. In general, a saving throw is...

I've seen my favorite two OSR game already mentioned here: Into the Unknown (5e-based OSR game) Old School Essentials (Red Box-based OSR game) I'm currently running a West Marches game using OSE. We've got about 20 players so far and I'm hoping to hit 50 players (and a 2nd DM) by the end of...

Indeed. Unless we have agreed upon definitions for Player and DM - which we don't - the whole thread is just mental mastication. But that's what internet forum threads are for! ;)

Bad set theory Fish: An animal that breaths underwater and eats smaller fishes. Tuna. Breathes underwater and eats smaller fishes - therefore a fish. Shark. Breathes underwater and eats smaller fishes - therefore a fish. Really. A DM is a subset of "player", which is someone who portrays...

Player: A person who pretends to be characters and rolls dice to resolve mechanics. DM is a person who pretends to be characters and rolls dice to resolve mechanics. Therefore: DM is is a player. Simple set theory. QED.

The original question is akin to asking what the appeal of Jedi is in Star Wars games. There are things that are iconic to fantasy RPGs. Elves and Dwarves are among them.