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What "database"? I am not aware of a single unmistakable "the" databases pertaining to 5e D&D.

not really related, but back in the day, when the 3E books were very new, we were playing a game, and some NPCs captured a wizard and beat him up because "you guys can't use your spells after you've been beaten unconscious, isn't that right?" and he responded "not since third edition came out"...

No, but it's reasonable for people to take "your decision is wrong" as "you should make a different decision".

"The wrong decision" sounds a whole lot like "this other way is the right way to do it" which sounds a whole lot like "this other way is how you should do it".

Well, one reason might be that the thing would be of use to them, because you understand ways in which they differ from you. People have different premises and different goals in gaming. Telling people they should do the thing your way, without first finding out what they're trying to...

The context was someone advocating that you should never make someone roll unless there's an observer. In the context of such a policy, you've given the player information, and humans are incredibly bad at accurately evaluating how they would behave without a piece of information. This has been...

This doesn't make any sense to me. If I tell a player that the sword they're holding is getting hot enough to burn them, they can drop it. If I don't tell them, they can drop it anyway. So clearly, it doesn't matter whether or not I tell them, as it doesn't change their available actions...

Yeah. But players have more fun if they are not getting obvious metagame information that tells them whether or not there are observers. So I tend to use passive checks consistently, or active checks consistently, but not "you only roll when there's an observer".

I don't remember. :(

I tend to make people roll consistently, because otherwise having to roll tells you there's something observing you...

Did you mean: Legend of Grimrock

I don't think I've ever played a D&D game without SOME kind of fan-made stuff in it. Spells picked up off Usenet, character classes players designed to fit the setting, whatever.

In Dungeon Master, they were an early food source.

consider pinking shears. now make a pinking sword: it cuts zig-zag lines, even when you move it in a straight line. not sure it's a curse, but it's certainly confusing.

I will generally run with it. One of my players made a luchador. He has enemies, which is why he is always masked. Recently, there was an encounter with thugs. They recognized him (because he was wearing his mask). So they attacked him. The thugs attacking him switched from short swords to...

Then you'll be glad to know that none of your speculations as to my motives have any relation to my goals. I actually asked the question because I was curious as to whether it was answerable. I haven't seen anyone articulate a thing that would prevent running a Dragonlance game. Yes, the...

Everyone's answer is an unambiguous "yes, of course you can, it's easy". I'm the only one pointing out the elephant in the room, which is that there's nothing that anyone has suggested which could explain a circumstance under which it wouldn't be possible, and indeed easy, to run a popular D&D...

Yes. I have pretty much the entire original run, even including the module that was actually a board game. From your question, I infer that the answer is "no, no one can give me an example of a thing that would prevent you from running it", because presumably if there were a specific issue...

I'm having trouble understanding the question. Could someone give me an example of a thing that could conceivably prevent you from running anything you wanted that was sort of fantasy-setting-ish with the rules and material? Obviously, you might have to add material for a setting, but that's...

See, I didn't interpret it as "directed at another poster", just directed at a general class of things. I can think of a couple of posters that I associate with posts somewhat similar in tone, but I wouldn't be comfortable saying "this was definitely directed at [X] specifically". ... I also...