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That's an interesting point. I remember encountering a lot of them in early D&D, both to fight and as light sources, but you don't seem to see them in modern adventures. You do see plenty of glowing crystals though, which I sure an enterprising adventurer could harvest, combine with a mirror...

It's generally known as "early modern" these days, and quite a few things on the standard equipment list go in that category, such as the telescope and ball bearings. But whether or not they exist in a setting is a matter for the world builder. Personally, I think the concept of "Tech Level"...

“english” should have a capital E.

If you are going to do that you might as well take the next step and have helmet lamps, so the light actually goes where you are looking. As mentioned previously, aside from the possible heat, a belt light is going to be blocked by the shadow of your torso, arms, and anything you are holding (eg...

I quite enjoyed the original, and this looks like more of the same, so why not?

Generally speaking, first hand citations are considered preferable. So, not medieval then. Notably, machine tools were invented in the 17th century, which made that level of precision metal working possible (similar to the tools you need to make full plate). Not that I have a problem with...

The analogy is fine. Vampires are just a thing that you might put in a movie. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein has vampires, but it is not a horror movie. It is not trying to scare anyone. In fact, it's doing the opposite, by taking the mickey out of them its making them deliberately...

Sure, the game has changed a lot since then, especially with regards to human-centricity. There were what, 6(?) humans in the heroes of the lance, one half human, a dwarf and a kender. These days you are unlikely to see a human in a typical party.

I think we are going to need some citations for that claim. There are plenty of historians on this forum. What fuel did these lanterns use? D&D lanterns are explicitly oil. Does the clip indicate it could be used whilst clipped to a belt, or was that just to store it whilst off?

Not for 40 years. But “has darkvision” is hardly character defining in modern D&D. It’s the character who doesn’t have it that stands out.

I imagine the main thing stopping devils traveling to the material plane is the number of forms they have to fill in first.

No, they didn't say anything about prestige classes (although there is obviously no place for them in KISS 5e). They are saying that any class design that makes things not fun for the other players shouldn't exist. Obviously, mistakes get made. The Twilight cleric is a recent example of this...

Raphael will no doubt have done some kind of deal that enables him to travel between the Hells and Toril at will. It's not explained how Mizora managed to be around to contact Wyll, but it's possible she was summoned by The Cult of the Dragon, but was able to escape whatever bonds they tried to...

Khorvar were never half elves. Mummy and daddy were both khorvar, not a human an an elf. The just used the half elf mechanics in previous editions. Eberron wrote out half elves way back in 2004. But KB did it by changing the lore, so people didn't notice.

Special monster effects by Nick Park.

That’s because it was given its orders by someone with the subtlety of a ten megaton nuke. But the next version will be better. Not that there won’t be plenty of people who consider mechahitler a true prophet.

You don’t need to bribe it. The bias is introduced by the data it is trained on. And then, since it’s a black box, it’s impossible to detect.

The "Urban Bounty Hunter" from SCAG is also a pretty similar concept. There is an Archaeologist background in Tomb of Annihilation - Indiana Jones flavoured, which is what I would expect in Eberron.

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Wandering a bit off topic, but could something like this work in Daggerheart or a similar system? Sure, you can hog lots of air time ordering around your skeletal A-Team, but you are giving the GM a huge pile of Fear tokens in the process?