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Gygax was at a creative high from 1974 to 1985. It was all downhill from there. The only possible thing of interest are the scattered notes from this time period for Castle Greyhawk. Otherwise as has been stated, it has been 10 years. Luke Gygax honored his father in the best possible way so...

Yep, that is why the options are advanced. WoTC figured that it was far too difficult to make that part turn-key vs. do-it-yourself so they didn’t. There are too many variables to reconcile. As an old-school player who dislikes 3e and 4e, I am happily in the realm of unquestioning acceptance...

I wondered at the interpretation as well. It appears that looking at the movement of the astral dreadnought that it can only move 15ft considering intelligence limits it two dimensions (Int 5 x 3 = 15ft). However, it has a natural flying ability not based on Int which is 80ft.

I am always amazed how CR is still so frequently misunderstood. The Challenge Rating is a baseline for four basic characters (cleric, fighter, wizard, rogue) without magic items. If the party has magic items that increase their CR and uses the advanced choices of class, feats, and multiclassing...

,..and they are all freaking DEAD and good riddance to them. So. the argument comes down to those who think the word “race” used and acted upon by these dead people is relevant and those that don’t. Since, I am in the latter camp and feel zero empathy for those in the former, then I am good...

There is no argument. it is preference. I have simply stated why I prefer one choice over the other. If you want a detailed argument, see Celebrim.

If you go back far enough, they would have a single common ancestor that would encompass the entire elven race. Ancestry is too specific. It is not general enough.

Indeed, it would. However, a wood elf and a high elf would also have a different ancestry from each other.

You got it! I have an ancestry of the following ethnicities: 50% German, 25% Irish, and 25% Cherokee. Even if another person has the same proportion of the same ethnicities it doesn't mean we have the same ancestry.

Cool. I can be silly in your eyes that works for me. The key is to avoid emotional attachments to words. Too many people have these attachments to historical events in which they never lived through. In any event, I am happy to have a pdf copy of AD&D Oriental Adventures on my iPad. David “Zeb”...

For Asian peoples of the 19th Century it is synonymous with British occupation but to me it is a Latin word meaning “east”.

I think TSR used it by design because it was archaic and outdated.

Nope, so calling them Oriental lands shouldn’t be offensive. After all, it is a Latin word meaning “east”.

Nope. it is history from a previous age. I think most of the Asian people of the time we’re more concened that their countries were turned into subjects of the British Empire. The Orient descriptor became synonymous with that occupation. i don’t use it use in modern language because it is...

Yep, another word I don’t consider to be problematic let alone dehumanizing. it would no more or less offensive than Asian Adventures. I guess I have spent my nearly 49 years offended by....nothing. From Wikipedia, The Orient is the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the...

The other point is that race is a biological one in the fantasy world in contrast to only sociological in reality. The fact that it was believed to be biological gives it verisimilitude. Part of the reason the good sentient races work is because of constant threat from monstrous humanoid races...

In 5e, ancestry would be good substitute for sub-race and human ethnicity. Otherwise...no not really.

I read several where they preferred ancestry but none where I getting the dehumanizing vibe. Maybe our definitions aren’t in sync. The n-word is dehumanizing, derogatory, and inflammatory. The word “race” even in real-world use doesn’t really meet the same criteria. Yet, there are those would...

I guess we have to end this with agree to disagree. I do not find “race” to be problematic. Honestly. I would like to find the person who feels the use of this word in RPG to be dehumanizing. I literally find the concept to be unbelievable. The interesting thing is that it’s real world context...

There is nothing here that I disagree with in reality. What I saying is social media has both accelerated and amplified the problem. Surely, you can’t think that social media has been a net postive. The above doesn’t matter in this context because this debate isn’t about the real world use of...