In 1e, the barbarian was published in Unearthed Arcana. I don't have any data, but I've always assumed that it was a very well-known book, even if not universally liked.
El Eternauta is one of the great classics, IMO. I wonder how they will make the transposition. The author was executed, along with all of his daughters by the military regime in Argentina.
Do we really need a "scientific" explanation though?After all, it is the same universe where spaceships make whooshing sounds, fight like WW2 fighters and fall "down" along a mysterious "vertical" axis when shot...
I certainly agree that alignment is completely useless to simulate anything in real life. I also think that there are RPGs where I'm interested in some kind of simulation or real life. AD&D, for me, is not such a game.
Personally, I find the descriptive version of alignment completely useless. As a descriptor it is very weak. Alignment must have cosmological and rules oomph or I'd rather not use it.
For me, the best version by far, is AD&D 1e (yes, that includes alignment languages). 5e, IMHO, is the worst version and, for that reason, I never use alignment in 5e at all. As a descriptor I find it useless.
Unless they changed things recently, limiting something under content sharing, only precluded other participants in a campaign from reading a specific source, but all the rules options remain available for characters.
Yes, the tone appears quite aggressive. I don't know if there's a story behind it, but it does not seem conductive to a constructive dialog. And I say this as someone who considers playing AD&D/BX with ascending AC an abomination that makes baby bulettes cry...
The time paradox has now been resolved. Please report to the nearest Man in Black so that you can be... oh, will you just look at the flashy thing, okay?