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This seems remarkably cynical to me. I would personally never hire someone as a "token" to scapegoat or sacrifice to the public in case of criticism. I think there's nothing wrong with saying "FR/D&D may benefit from doing more research to make some of the non-European inspired nations and...

I agree that if your goal is to analyze the fantasy settings to compare how much is inspired by European history and myth and how much comes from Africa, there's definitely more of the former as far as quantity and quality. Given the origin of the game, that's not too surprising, nor is it...

Looks like a very good selection of new sub-classes, more than I expected honestly. "This is Your Life" sounds like rules for more detailed background generation? Within the DM Tools, I like the sound of most of it, especially more on Encounter Building, more on Tools, Downtime activities of...

Good point about revival - if that's factored in, I would imagine this varies a lot by campaign and from past experience quite a few DMs tend to try to avoid character death. I tend to make my setting a bit more challenging than "by the book" and I still have not seen anywhere close to 24...

True in general, though a lot of that I think simply comes from the fact that D&D grew out of wargaming about medieval Europe. There are still plenty of D&D fantasy nations and settings that amalgamate European myths, including very inaccurate ones, into one location. With that said, there are...

I agree, but the original article brought that in though, not DocMoriartty's reply. I would much prefer to have seen an original article that was focused solely on making Chult and fantasy black cultures/backgrounds more interesting and presenting examples and advice along those lines. Part of...

I was quoting from the OP's post, which states:

FYI the link in the first post doesn't seem to work, but the link two posts above this one did work for me.

Sorry they were not of use - I thought they would be a possible starting point for this request just as far as understanding how the original design does that: "Unfortunately, this requires some math, because you would have to set the ratio between XP and gold. Is there somebody experienced and...

I think these may be of interest: http://dmdavid.com/tag/what-is-the-typical-amout-of-treasure-awarded-in-a-fifth-edition-dungeons-dragons-campaign/ http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?437937-Magic-Item-Math-of-5e http://oldguygaming.com/5e-encounters-per-level...

D&D is not reality and while it is often inspired by reality, it is the myths/stereotypes of reality that D&D borrows from to create heroic fantasy that reminds us of certain mythical elements of the real world. They are all "dated stereotypes" and that's generally fine. Part of the goal of...

Our history of just about every culture, including whatever you consider your own, is a combination of myth and fact. Especially for cultures that did not leave a comprehensive written record, it can be impossible to get a complete picture. While it can be very educational and informative to...

Would love for them to go to Greyhawk, but I agree that a 5e version of Slave Lords would be a great AP to introduce folks to that setting.

This is very cool, already used it to find an adventure I'd never heard of before but which is perfect for my next session.