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It's more than nostalgia. Nostalgia wasn't causing me to feel cheated when I purchased some early Forgotten Realms adventures when they were initially released.

I would think a fantastic published campaign setting would be able to provide fantastic published adventures and yet it hasn't. I suspect it may have something to do with the approach of placing so much importance on the agency of NPCs and "Factions".

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Earlier someone mentioned the FRealms are the Borg of D&D and look at the latest announcement - Acererak of Tomb of Horrors and Greyhawk fame is now being inserted into Chult in the FRealms. If the FRealms are so awesome why are the old adventures that are inspiring the new adventures so often...

You might want to study up on the Fate of Istus, an adventure in Greyhawk that had everything to do with switching from 1E to 2E. I disliked the premise but you might enjoy it as is. I used portions without using the whole 1E/2E switch event.

Nice.

Here's the thing. I have only so much time to spend on what other people think is the burning issue of the day. For me, I weary of the "gotcha" mentality some people have with language. If you aren't up on what someone else considers a newly verboten word because you are not deeply involved in...

I like to be a little more blunt when I feel like someone is jerking me around but I wouldn't claim that is the wisest course of action. It is very cathartic though.

Would they even have a paragraph about gender and sexual orientation if identity politics wasn't a thing in the world? I'm not angling about the legitimacy of their decision by using the words 'identity politics'.

Okay, you threw me with the "foreword". That's not a foreword as I understand it. I get your point having read the page. In the context of the page it appears they were trying to address the players' approach to identity politics rather than simply describe Corellon Larethian's properties...

Why would someone falsely claim offense about something? To gain leverage, promote their cause, distract from something else, etc. Human beings can be very manipulative, that includes all human beings, even the ones you or I might identify with.

OP was referencing the Player's Handbook of different printings, page 121 specifically. Not a red herring at all.

We're talking about a fantasy world, specifically an Elf Deity. Their physical manifestations are not based on scientific laws nor does a fantasy world need to address contemporary sociocultural dynamics with every fantasy race. It is a FANTASY world. We don't need to turn every fantasy race...

I wouldn't miss anything. I am very comfortable running AD&D and have worked all the kinks out using optional rules and a few house rules over the years. I play 5E because that is what the DM wants to run because it is easier for him.

Many of us are weary of being told we are insufficiently sensitive because we don't accept another person's or group's sweeping solution to a problem. Hermaphrodite has its use in proper context. It does not need to be wiped out of existence because Imbeciles use it as a pejorative term. It...

Are you suggesting he is a member of the alt.right? Why do we care who was consulted for 5E if no objectionable material was included in the game? Is there objectionable material in the game? (I haven't found any but I wasn't really searching for it either.)

Only if you want it to. Elves aren't human. It only matters if you identify Elves as essentially like us which plenty of literary tradition concerning the elf argues they are not essentially like us.

Thank you, it certainly supports refraining from using hermaphrodite to describe actual human beings or fictional human beings. However, mythological and pseudo-mythological deities have a different context. Dungeons and Dragons was smart to remove the term "hermaphrodite" to avoid needless...

Yes, hermaphrodite has a neutral use because that is how I and countless others have used it by its definition in relation to the subject of mythology, etc. Having read up on "intersex" vs. "hermaphrodite" it's pretty clear to me that hermaphrodite has a specific meaning in the context from...

I didn't miss anything. I qualified how far I would take your suggestion. I have never used the word hermaphrodite to describe anyone so it isn't really going to come up in my life. I don't have a burning need to identify the gender identity of everyone I meet and categorize them. I just try to...