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Well, if it is any consequence, I think the Drow has been massively dailed down from 2E and 3E. The Drow was just the right OP combo for some or the best they could come up with. And, you are right. I think it was a 90s to late 00s thing. It was like unlocking a hidden character gen choice you...

Well, in mindless undead like skeletons or zombies, the spirit is long gone to whatever plane. Even if the zombie is still alive, you can raise/resurrect , but the lower level versions of the spells require a corpse which is kind of being borrowed and you would have to "evict" whatever makes it...

Simple. Homebrew in a place where their gear is if they are imported from a previous campaign and you have PCs that attach identity to items. That way you get the jist of what the original author intentioned with a jailbreak scenario. But they do get items back. Maybe what ever guards have the...

Well, if he was in a module, he would be a DMPC. Either that or a WoW style quest giver. Might as well put an exclamation mark over his head. But, I wonder. If a Dwizzt DMPC and a Dwizzt special snowflake ever met, would this cause paradoxes of some sort?

That is just... wrong. But, I kind of like it. I do not blame you. You have been horribly mind raped by special Dritzz wannabee attention hoarders for the mere love of the game and small pool of available, reliable players back then. Since there are no medals for the anguish issued by the DnD...

Also depends on what kind of players. The min max combat monster player crowd would frown even if the items were pickpocketed or broken. They see their equipment like Thor's hammer or Wolverine's claws and it is a player identity. A more diplomacy, story driven RP type session running this or...

Point taken. Plus a lot of it is probably a bit of fatigue I had from long ago as there were a lot of DMs back in the day who were overly anal. The player base of that time hated them, but since no one DMed they bounced from one anal DM to the other.Of course irrelevent now. And, in a way I may...

True. But a Minotaur can be dealt with and adjusted to the power level of the game. But, a sentient ooze dual wielding rocket launchers riding a celestial force dragon mount would kind of be out there. But, that is more because of power level and tech level in the world than any attempt at...

Then it is not so much the concept of a Dritzzt template but a certain type of player we all run across from time to time - the "special snowflake" who always wants to shine and gets pissy if he or she doesn't? Then runs out of your campaign when the game is not a masturbatory power fantasy with...

Well, it would be hard to deny the existence of gods in a world where clerics are granted powers. BUT... the "atheist" PC could see gods as just incredibly powerful badasses that are not necessarily worthy of sucking up to and can be killed. Or, maybe he or she just despises temples.

Former PCs from an old campaign I did way back are now deities in my games. I mix it in with some DnD deities and a few real world ones. But.. I am kind of tempted to add Armok, god of Blood to the Dwarves to add a bit of Dwarf Fortress type mishap-ness to add character to my Dwarves and get...

Nor should it be. Greg Street, designer of WoW once implied the constant inflating numbers and gear dependence of World of Warcraft was a design flaw looking back. With DnD, in 3.5 and 3.5 variants it got really crazy and unmanageable past level 30 to 40 or even 10 onward. You HAD to have stat...

Well, as far as quality undead minions, you could always take some intelligent creature then use the MM vampire template then use the DMG's toolbox to give them class levels. I am fixing to unleash an army of centaur fighter/ eldrich knights on my unsuspecting PCs cities in a current campaign...

And what is wrong with giving the players what they want? Hell, I will let them play dragons with class levels as long as everyone in the party is about the same power level. Having players is nice. Powergaming, done right, is nothing to be ashamed of. Done right, it can be very deep and story...

Well, what is keeping anyone who REALLY wants one to just tweak the at-will/ encounter/daily powers of the 4e warlord if this comes up in a game. Just tweak each power on a case by case basis to be more in line with the lower numbers and conventions of 5e. I mean, we can homebrew all we want...

Henry, I can not be sure, but I think it has less to do with armies of dual wield Drow clones infecting gamers everywhere and more to do with they may get newer players in that have been inspired by bad boys in novels and games and they come thinking they will play some hero instead of a weak...

Yes. But, the frugal DM is only going to at most get the book to loot for Demon Lord stats. Because, you never know when you may need to plop a Demogorgon down. I am guessing they are trying to cross over all the fan bases. Lots play video games but don't do pencil and paper (too complicated or...

I am kind of glad he is not in there too. But, let's be honest. A lot of folks I know have had disdain for modules, anyways, and would have never seen the dreaded Drow Mary Sue. My deal has been more WotC has been pumping modules and not core books which I am more in the market for. But still...