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We've gone off-topic from the original article, which I honestly did not really have an issue with, but I do have a bone to pick with the discussion that followed it. I hear what you're saying, but I hope this "modern" point of view which equates to just telling a lot of people to shut up is a...

That statement depends entirely on a particular frame of reference that has a limited view. If you look throughout the history of civilizations that we are aware of, there is nothing especially unique about what happened to Native Americans, nor unique to white Europeans in terms of their part...

Understood and done.

Moved this over from this thread: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?627918-The-Journey-To-North-America-Part-Two/page2

I understand "Social Justice Warrior" being derogative, but I don't get "Virtue Signalling", which describes a practice that absolutely exists. What is an acceptable alternative to describe this practice? Do you think other cultures also told similar stories and tropes, or do you think this...

How is this sub-optimal? Fighter/Wizards can be fantastic in 5e and an Elf still makes a great Fighter/Wizard. Try Abjurer / Battlemaster.

I've had a great time with Adventurer's League, especially at conventions. I give AL a hearty endorsement. :-)

On a slight tangent, something I've noticed several times is that after a while, a party of players can settle into a sort of fixed menu of solutions when it comes to dealing with challenges and combat tactics and a new player can often act as a breath of fresh air to shake up that status quo...

Speaking of offensive, that comment seems pretty out of line to me. I've never heard Orient or Oriental used in a derogatory way in the present day. Honestly, I have no idea where the idea that this is offensive came from, it just means "east". You seem to be very focused on skin color...

A couple of points: Orient simply means "East" from Latin, so it's an old term and a lot of words in European languages originate with Latin. Oriental to me refers to medieval / pre-medieval China/Japan/Korea/etc. I don't see that it's offensive as used in "Oriental Adventures" any more than...

If that had happened in my campaign, I'm sure the player would have told me and deleted it as soon as they realized what it was. It's really lame that he revealed this mistake to you in-game by changing events based on knowledge he knew he should not have. I don't know what the personal...

It's always easier to be a critic than to actually do the job yourself as well as you think it should be done...

I think it's visually striking and a cool design that really helps it stand out, but I do prefer the standard cover overall.

I think we're on slightly different topics even though they intersect. I'm not against opening doors, but I'm also focusing on the specific case raised earlier regarding WOTC and TOA. Disregarding the article's inaccuracies regarding the setting, let's say WOTC published something that fell...

Honestly, I would consider it significantly worse than inaction, because it would mean that they first realized that there may be a problem, decided they should do something about it and then deliberately chose an inadequate solution for the sake of CYA. I think they made a good faith effort...

Only thing I would suggest from a balance standpoint rather than setting customization, is to take a look a the "Sane Magic Item Prices" PDF as some of the default pricing really doesn't make a lot of sense and this will save you the work of figuring out what's out of whack yourself. Also...

Nice to have an expert on FR (which I am not) chime in. This seems to really go to the heart of the original article's claim that the setting for TOA is the only part of FR that includes black humans. From your answer it seems that the article and bloggers quoted therein needed to do some...

I agree and I think WOTC can also take that part as constructive feedback.

It's interesting to also consider this in light of the recent D&D Beyond survey that shows the Human Fighter as the most popular character race/class combination. In that light, I understand the marketing decision to make a Human Fighter the main iconic fighter instead of the Dwarf and the...

That's one of the points I was trying to make earlier. If enough people look at fantasy through a real-world filter where every decision to use a stereotype or myth is seen as offensive, then D&D is loaded with potentially offensive material, including some of the European-inspired stuff...