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Loviatar spare me, this was never the case, at least not by the time AD&D's Faiths & Pantheons rolled around. The Drow had an entire pantheon of deities competing for their worship, and even entire cities that have patrons that weren't Lolth. They even had secular organizations with Drow in them...

I'm not awfully torn up about it, but I must confess that scrubbing away some of the grit and evil takes a little bit of the wind out of my adventuring sails. It was a reason to get out into the world and do stuff. I suppose that I should have specified, but I was referring to the fluff. A lot...

I actually had a firsthand experience with this recently and spent more time investigating it than I probably should have. To spare readers the lengthy tale of my adventures in reading and deep personal immorality, I wouldn't say that 5th Edition's content is being "Disneyfied" or "aimed at...

When framed this way, I better understand your reasoning. Good write-up overall. I just tend to shy away from declaring evidence as conclusive. That said, and this is speculation, the number of half-elf rogues and rangers could partially be due to the fact that they come with skill versatility...

Is it, though? The source is a bit dated, but the information seems to mesh with that conclusion quite nicely. This is pulled from D&DBeyond, pre-Tasha. Rogue, wizard, and ranger seem to be popular picks for elves, who have +2 to Dexterity and either Intelligence or Wisdom, while there are...

I believe that this neatly articulates the reason why someone would assert that healing in 5th Edition is "anemic." The crux of the issue is not that the healing options available are somehow insufficient. Rather, the low lethality of combat coupled with the ease with which health is restored to...