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IIRC, the spirits of dead elves go to the Hall of Mandos or are reborn on Middle-earth. I’d assume Morgoth made some mechanism that enforced the later for orcs.

It’s worth remembering that Radiant Citadel, the most unabashedly progressive product 5e has released. Still has disease spreading owl demons, masses of twitching limbs, and faceless aberration dudes, all with “typically (something) evil” clearly displayed. The servitors of evil entities...

I’m still figuring it out, but at present I perceive the orcs of my setting as the “shonen rivals” to the main civilizations. There was a split between them that neither side completely forgave the other for, and as a result they come to blows a lot. But they respect each other, and have each...

Juiblex’s Petri Dish of Oozes.

I normal skip right over the example of play section, but One D&D’s depiction of the duel between the Lady of Pain and Pun-Pun was a true work of art. I’ve read it five times now and it still rings a tear to my eye. I especially loved their mutual eulogy of Fistbeard Beardfist (which didn’t...

It’s been touched on in the one-shots I’ve run, but not delved into. If I run Curse of Strahd at some point, the Dark Powers and whatever force behind the Symbol of Ravenkind are probably going to care about it….

I wouldn’t go that far, but “literary quality” needs to get an actual definition before I can judge if something has it.

When it comes to changing lore: Often because a piece of lore comes this close to being just right. I’m making a list of lore edits to put in if I ever run Curse of Strahd, not out of any dislike for what’s already there (aside from one detail), but because it’s good enough that the tweaks I...

Gnomes are just dwarfs from before we got it into our heads somehow that dwarfs are the non-magical race.

Either/or. Chaotics could like tolerance because it allows people to live as they are without unnecessary interference, while Lawfuls can like it because it help reduce unnecessary conflict and keeps society from tearing itself apart.

Blights are very plant-y and forest-y, and can cause an extra problem if they can turn the crops into more blights.

It sounds like this character holds elves to a higher standard than others. Would he have any particular disdain for elves committing any other crimes?

Fair enough, and thanks. I’ll take a look at it,t hanks.

Twig, needle, and vine blights. Also, can I see a bumped up to CR 1/8 lemure? And just because I’m curious at what you’ll devise, commoner.

Fair point I suppose, I don’t know what mindset and actual person in D&D universe would bring to that issue. But I could say that same thing about how they’d approach other parts of life. I guess it’s a s you say, tastes vary. Thanks for some of the background information on 4e by the way...

Bytopia and Arboria are incredibly different. Bytopia is quite and peaceful, a place were people can live relatively ordinary lives without anxiety. Arboria is emotional, ever-changing, and loud, like an eternal party that even nature is participating in. Same with Pandemonium and the Abyss...

I think both Great Wheel and World Axis overly “physicalizes” their non-earthly realities too much for my liking, but it’s a matter of degree. In the Great Wheel I can still see something that vaguely resembles the central principles that underlie religions. Not just “x is god of y” Wikipedia...

Someone stuffed a soul in a yggrasti, now we have space blights.

Almost all undead animated objects angels blights chimera Demons Devils Dryads Gargoyles Gibbering Mouthers Golems Gnolls Hags Hell hounds Homunculi Manticores Mephits Modrons Oni Oozes Parytons Pixies Scarecrows Shield guardians Unicorns …I don’t have a problem you have a problem.

While I don’t personally mind the blue/purple/pink theme as much that Scribe points out, I think it does show WoTC adhering pretty close to a “detault” palette for certain concepts. Just as blue, purple, and pinks are the unofficial colors of magic, fiends and the lower planes are overwhelmingly...