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Tallfellow and stout was always a thin reference to Tolkien's Hobbits having "a bit of fey" and similar.

Yes. The term half-elf is reminiscent of that phrase. The whole language around half-races (in game) are coded with that kind of language. Which is why I would prefer a term like Khorvar to half-elf. To remove the connotation between the species and the hurtful term.

Not worth it.

Nothing fosters conversation more than "that's not what I said" and refusing to clarify. Don't bother clarifying. I don't care anymore.

If the horror UA at all is still pointing at a Ravenloft book, then I suspect dhampir and reborn to be remade as undead

The phrase isn't needed any more than tieflings need to use the term "half-fiend" or goliaths "half-giant". It has no mechanical function and a dubious narrative one. They need only say Khorvar have elf and human ancestors.

I think part of the problem is that people see a lot of D&D species as "half-x" where x is another race or monster type. Tieflings are half-fiends. Aasimar are half-angels. Dragonborn are half-dragons. Shifters are half-lycanthropes. Etc. D&D has tried to move away from "humans breed with...

Khorvar was the name the half-elves called themselves in lore. The PHB called them half-elves, so the mechanical reference to Khorvar is to PHB half-elf. The half-elf is no longer in the PHB, so they don't need to use that term anymore.

From a game mechanics side: the Khorvar work fine for classic half-elf and the orc mechanics are superior to half-orc. You can use them both to mechanically represent the 2014 races in 2024. Just like how a wizard can be redefined as a witch (c.f. Tasha), the mechs are similar enough to be used...

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The half-elf just came back with a name that doesn't say "half-breed" in it. Half-orcs were subsumed mechanically into the PHB orc.

Yeah, let's hope. It hasn't dampened my enthusiasm, but I am hoping it focuses on adventure seeds than your guide

If the table of contents is a guide, it looks like the three campaign types are general Eberron info regurgitated into one place by theme; Noir is all about Sharn, Intrigue is about the Dragonmark Houses, and Pulp is Morgrave going on wild dungeon delves. Less an outline of plots and more a...

5e hasn't even gotten to the weird yet. Tasha is barely beyond Xanathar in terms of oddities. We're 11 years in and haven't gotten a proper psion in print yet. There is no planar book beyond Planescape/Sigil, no monster books for undead or aberrations, no book of magic. Only a single monster...

Bring it squishy. I'm pretty sure the cleric would have the advantage even before you factor in things like Twilight domain. Two words: Divine Intervention.

My now completed Ravenloft game was based on the Magnus Archives and each "arc" (sometimes a session, sometimes two or three) had an title. THE MESONOXIAN ARCHIVE 1. Autobiography (opener) - our protagonists are given an invitation to a strange and prestigious library. 2. House of Lament...

The new Eberron book is a patch for Rising from the Last War, not a full campaign guide again. I actually prefer that it's a slim book with just the mechanical updates and some additional advice rather than reprinting the guide to Sharn for the third time.

I think it was an issue where the Core Rules were getting a little long in the tooth, but 5e itself was not. Minor mechanical adjustments aside, most of the 5e library works fine. The big differences are in the PC rule updates (species and backgrounds and rejiggered classes), the bulk of the...

To be perfectly clear, if the necromancer's turn started taking longer than the rest of the group put together, I'm going cleric and turning those skeletons to dust. I get more Channel Divinities than necromancers get high level spell slots....

The point was to provide a revised version of the options to replace the old options. For example, if I am using a 2014 monster in a 2024 game that casts sleep, I don't want to figure out it was changed to slumber or nappy time or whatever.