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All half races (half elves, half dwarves, half orcs, tieflings and aasimar--which are half demon or devil or half celestial, respectively) are sterile. Gnomes and halflings are incapable of successfully bringing to term a half-breed, however, because of their respective origins. However, history...

I write for a 3rd party publisher...kind of envelopes all my free time, other than planning my actual campaign.

I don't necessarily agree that it would be reasonable to assume a person is racist because they suggest that magic, as well as a fantastical, magically-active world, would have an effect on a specific culture's human occupants! That being said, Backgrounds would be a way to do it, instead of...

Uh. My world has 250+ deities (I've actually never counted them, but keep adding to them as I go about the process of worldbuilding), only about 9 of which the players have even heard of in game or have a direct impact on the campaign itself. In addition, my player's guide only lists about 30 of...

Oh, there is one thing about a human-centric world. If you try to make different human ethnicities into D&D mechanical races and then try to get feedback on it, the internet will flip out and assault you with claims of racism.

Oh, god, I didn't even notice!

As long as you set the expectation that the world is Human-only, there's no problem with it. However, to address your points in the first post: What makes, at least in my games, PCs different from one another is there is a history to each race, which is detailed far more than the players will...

I like my worlds and campaigns to be coherent. If the players want a zany game, I can do that, but I probably wouldn't write it; rather steal it and run it out of the box. Generally, though, my own writing tends to be on the semi-serious to serious side.

Eh. Interesting, but uninspiring.

I've been trying to convince my players that they should let me run a short adventure using O.L.D., but they don't like it being a little underpowered, in comparison to what we've been running for the last few years (D&D 5e, for reference). O.L.D. also needs some sandbox-y adventure paths; War...

That depends entirely on the game itself, really. I want one because my players voted on a Pirate campaign, so we'll be getting a lot of use out of it.

/pedantic Actually, if I recall, Napoleon was above average height at the time for a Frenchman. /pedantic Oh. Oh, god. This is going in my game.

Training! Have an NPC of the same "class" from the world that the players have known for a bit, and have that NPC tutor them, for money and/or favors. That's how I do it. Works pretty well, but it takes downtime as well as money. Here's the rules I came up with: I've had two players end up...

That's similar to how I do it, with a single change: if neither array you rolled has a total modifier of at least +4, then you reroll both. I like a little bit "larger than life" games, at least with 5e; my campaigns are always sandboxes, so a little more hardiness is useful in case the...

Hm. I've always found this type of character to be a joke, more often than not. One of my old players (who no longer plays with us, for related reasons) would always make gnomes, just because he thought they were funny. I might not do Conquest, but the idea of a righteous, devout, and corny...

I have very little drawing capability. Only thing I got going for me is that I can type 85 words a minute and I read too much! On the other hand, I did at one point have WorldWork's papercraft Maiden of the Sea, which was nice...until it fell apart, since I live in the south on the coast and...

If I recall the press before, it'll be pre-painted. Probably why its so expensive (since I have miniature modelers in my group, I'd rather have an unpainted one).

dying of laughter If they think I'm paying $250 for that ship, they might be right. Crap. Why did my players have to vote for a pirate campaign next...

I'd take great relish in changing very subtle things, like the powerful magic item that they find is actually cursed! That NPC has totally different abilities now! Enjoy! And then watch as the realization dawned that I control the world in which they are attempting to tell a story. I spent...

Having had a player try both the PHB ranger and the revised ranger, they both work as long as you aren't trying to be a Beastmaster. If you try to be a beastmaster, it sucks. Your pet dies constantly, and then you're out the entire schtick of the character. For my purposes, I've actually...