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Chicken and egg, yeah? If the DM puts forward a campaign concept, including class/race/whatever restrictions, its up to the players to accept or not. Not to try to change the DM's mind about their campaign concept. There are a lot more DMs than players. As a player, I've skipped over so...

As far as I know, Dark Sun doesn't have a 5e version yet either. Who knows what they'll change. You're referencing things that existed in Dark Sun in earlier editions, as I did. Changing the discussion to 5e doesn't give Dark Sun any legs to stand on in the comparison.

Towers if High Sorcery tied to robes/alignment (unique impact on how spells were cast depending on moon phase), dragons front and center/dragon riders/knights, Kagonesti/Qualinesti/et al (elves just as unique as Dark Sun), iron for coinage, constant war and no healing/gods (harsh environment)...

1) What is your favorite DND class? Wizard 2) What is your favorite race? Elf 3) What is your favorite setting (if own setting such as a homebrewed one, just write homebrew)? Homebrew/Greyhawk 4) What is your favorite alignment? Neutral Good/Good 5) How many hours per session do you...

Right, wizards used to rely on "magic" more heavily than other classes, but other classes also had character or class defining or enhancing magic items, and wizards had the most: rods, staves, wands, potions, scrolls of spells, etc. Wizards in 5e, due to the "magic items are not necessary for...

I know that there have been extensive trade networks, and at a minimum, awareness of other cultures, but I'd be curious how many "common people" of the age actually had any exposure beyond the goods brought back to their cities? Traders? Sure, they've met and interacted with other cultures...

I feel like they needed to find something for Cha to do in the game, since it moved slowly away from hirelings, henchmen, and domain play at "named" level. Cha didn't mean much once people stopped using Reaction Charts and such. We always played it as a combo of leadership and...

I work languages in the following way: 1) There is no "common" 2) I have regional languages that are known by particular countries (usually 2 or 3, sometimes including humanoid tongues, sometimes not). 3) If you have the same "language" as another speaker, you can understand each other just...

While things have changed, in Ad&d, you rolled your ability scores (Method 1) 3d6, in order. A Wizard needed a minimum of 9 to be a wizard. Ok, certainly not a huge bar, but you had to roll that 9 or higher in your 'fourth' 3d6 roll to qualify. However, with that 9, you could only cast up...

When I've run historical games in DnD, it was back in 1st using the Green Books (Rome, Charlemagne, Crusades, Vikings, Age of Heroes). I would just use them mostly by the rules outlined there, and then sprinkle changes to taste. They never seemed to last very long. Most of the time the...

I think that there are a couple of different ways to approach it. You could start with something more bespoke in terms of spells, like @Undrave alludes to, but have it be 'simpler'. Your Arcane Blast spell can be a cone (15'), blast (60'), line (90'), does d6 damage per level, and you select...

Not related to 12th level spells, but the Ruins of Myth Drannor Box Set, and/or The Fall of Myth Drannor, both in FR, both Ad&d era, included rules and spells for 10th level spells, many of which were used in the creation of Myth Drannor and the Mythals. Those are the only references and spells...

I either award XP, or do milestone leveling, after that particular adventure, when the party returns to "civilization" where they can train, re-equip, find a/their mentor, etc. I try not to do it in the middle of an adventure.

Yup. In 5e - My players - "We cast Leomund's here in the dungeon, and we eat our goodberries. We poke our heads out in the morning." Now, you might say "well, what about wandering monsters". Sure. That can happen, but unless I'm specifically trying to counter the party's abilities, the...

I don't feel like that's the case for me, and I've been playing for 40+ years. For me, magic seems less special because in 5e everyone can cast some type of spell - between class/subclass/feat/race/background, etc. Everyone has magic, unless you decide specifically not to (i.e. Champion, and...

I don't think it works particularly well with how DnD handles weapons and monster attacks. They'll "balance" monster attacks by giving more lower damage attacks, or less higher damage attacks, etc., which doesn't work well with a DR system. I tried several different iterations of DR, and...

Yup. Player: "Good day sir, I am Sir PC, and I wish to lodge here tonight, as I am a Noble." NPC guard: "You're who? Hold on." Closes door. NPC Castellan: "Good day. You are who?" Player: "I'm Sir PC, and I'd like to ask lodging here with your Lord." NPC Castellan: "What is your family...

I find this to be a huge problem for me nowadays. Background benefits, the "ribbon" type stuff, which impacts narrative and story more than the crunch gets lost (for me) on the character sheet, buried beneath skills, feats, class abilities, subclass abilities, spells (so many spells), spell...

I could be wrong here, and someone else probably has better knowledge at hand, but I think around this time most warriors are still using spear, axe and shield. In Roman times, the Spatha developed over time as a cavalry sword, long enough to be used from horseback. The Gladius remained the...

This is the tricky part. Players have to want to be integrated into the world, want to have connections that are meaningful, etc. Every. single. player. in every single campaign I have run has done the opposite: loner, no family, no home, no connections to anyone. Just adventuring and the...