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Is the Ordning interesting? It was just a racial caste system that basically said “the higher CR giant types are also higher ranked in giant society.” The most interesting thing 5e did with it was get rid of it (Storm King’s Thunder).

I generally don’t do this. I’ve found that my PCs can generally handle most fights I throw at them, provided I don’t make it too ridiculously stacked against them. I exclusively run D&D 5e, and damage immunities and other mechanics that would heavily influence the effectiveness of a single...

Okay. Let’s assume you’re right, and the only reason why WotC has began to emphasize the “multiverse” aspect of the game’s settings is because of the increased frequency of the term’s use in pop culture, like superhero movies. So what? Oh my God, who cares? If a word, which has been used in D&D...

I’m pretty sure that originated with Maimonides, a Jewish writer in the Middle Ages.

The Ophanim are the “wheels within wheels” with eyes that are described in Ezekiel. Nephilim are the “giants” in Genesis 6:4, the children of the “sons of God,” which were killed during the Flood. They’re also mentioned in Numbers and Ezekiel. Archangels, in my approach to them, would just be...

Angel (which comes from the Greek term “angelos,” meaning “messenger”) is typically the translation of the term “malachim,” (which also means “messenger.”) There are divine entities in the Bible that aren’t described as being messengers, such as the Ophanim, Cherubim, Nephilim, and Seraphim. In...

The Seraphim, Ophanim, and Cherubim are divine creatures that serve God, but they’re not described as angels (malachim). But later writers did interpret them as angels.

That is not why they got rid of the Drow stat blocks in the Monster Manual.

The Conquest Paladin in my Dragon Heist campaign did almost die to them, but then looted their pistols and continued to use those every now and then for the rest of the campaign. We thought a terrifying knight in full plane with a gun was both funny and cool.

I wonder if they’ll reprint the Drow Gunslinger stat block that was in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.

The Forgotten Realms is big. Like ridiculously big. So big that there have been decades of supplements, novels, and video games exploring the setting, and they still haven’t done anything with the Fantasy Australia continent. The bigness of the setting is actually one of my main issues with it...

They may say that, but words and deeds often tell different stories.

Okay, fine. You guys want to portray the side I’m on as being intolerant of other perspectives and wrong because of our surety that our way is right, and yours as the scrappy underdogs fighting against oppression. Sure. That’s precisely the sort of “co-opting inclusive sounding language” I was...

Lol. Literally every time a new 5e book comes out or is announced, a certain group of people rush to discussions about it to trash them over not following the “one true way” they felt was abandoned when WotC announced they were going to get rid of the racism in the game.

Yes, but the original meaning of the phrase, at least in my experience, meant “you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.” Not “stop talking about this, because it’s just a game and you shouldn’t care about issues like this.” It is just a game. I think there’s a time and a place for “it’s an...

It is interesting to me that when one side of the argument has learned that their previous arguments weren’t working and big companies like WotC have stuck with their current inclusive direction, they don’t for a second reconsider their stance. Many of the things they want to say are typical...

Harengon innately get proficiency in Initiative.

I always thought Orcs follow Orcus. Also, if it does come from Orcus, I believe that would make it a cognate with “Ogre.”

Grendel in Beowulf is called an “orcneas.”

If D&D were to get rid of/change any of the Archfiends, Baphomet would probably be the first to go, given the main theory around the origin of his name is it’s a corruption of “Muhammad.” I personally don’t think it’s a problem, because D&D Baphomet clearly isn’t based on Muhammad and his...