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The post in which you started this digression specifically referenced a TPK. That does generally mean "never being able to play with those characters ever again". People have mostly been responding to you on that basis rather than talking about fudging to avoid a single character death (and...

At that point of issue, you may be better off pre-generating some characters, since players unable to assign scores to abilities within 5e's level of effectiveness required may not know enough about the actual classes to build one.

No. When was that?

No. There is at least one other Paladin on the continent.

None of which are easy to utilise. No one knows how the mourning happened or how to utilise it. Argonnessan isn't one of the nations in Khorvaire, and while it could probably give the FR a run for its money in sheer power, it actively avoids expanding its influence by conquest. There is also a...

I went with Wizards, Fighters and Rangers. Rangers because of the discussion about their role and capabilities. Fighters because of the "martials vs casters", the "should an epic fantasy hero be able to match the capabilities of earth humans" and the "you don't need a Warlord, you have the...

Indeed. The maths for adding an off-hand attack with a dagger is pretty similar to just having advantage, so we can use @GMforPowergamers ' Advantage + sneak calculation for most attacks. With the added bonus that it works for ranged rogues too. (Advantage + dual-wielding adds about 3 DPR) 4 out...

I think that you might have shortchanged Rogues a little. I've found that sneak attack is much more common than 3/4 of the attacks that rogues make. A ranged rogue will also have advantage much more often and a melee rogue will often dual-wield. The dual-wielding means that sneak attack damage...

You wot? They ain't got near enuff zoggin' Dakka!

The introductory Spelljammer adventures are set in FR I believe. I have a feeling that the intent is to have spelljammer AL modules that are compatible with the Forgotten Realms Adventurer's League campaign but that leave Realmspace. Later campaigns will introduce discovery of another setting as...

Did you dislike the system because it was balanced, or was the problem that it was just too limited compared to what magic used to be able to do in other editions? Would you have been fine with it if spellcasting was as good as in earlier editions even if that meant boosting non-casters up to...

We know, but for those of us with an interest in these things, seeing such comparison analyses are interesting and informative. Since situations can favour different characters, white-room analysis is the only fair method unless there is specific information known about the particular situation...

I definitely remember the "Empire of the Celestial Mantis" or similar being mentioned as one of the most ancient spelljamming peoples in one of the novels.

Which brings up the point that "No character death unless agreed" generally is referring to actual loss of the character. If the party have the resources for a revivify or similar available, "no death" DMs are often more willing to let the character kark it.

There are canonical persons of colour in Eberron, just not cultures that map onto ethnographic types. That may also hold more or less true of Dragonlance.

"PCs are special" is one of the tenets of Eberron, and casters are no exception. Most people can learn to cast a spell eventually, but often only one or two, and as rituals. Actually having spells slots that renew every day and can cast different spells from is very much a PC, and a few others...

I am aware. It just happens to be that way in the lore of the setting that we are talking about.

Also: Some people play DnD because they like the mechanical system and want to "beat" challenges in it. They do not need character death for the challenges to work.

Is it required to be?

Because the principles behind Arcane magic are fairly well known scientifically, and predictable. The principles behind Divine magic (if indeed there are any) are not.