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I think it's Warhammer where halflings tend to run inns and the like and you can buy a pie which always tastes suspiciously just a little to good. Or maybe it's just the games I played in.

Yes. It can be. But that's why I tend to interpret Intellgence as formal education. Because Intelligence is just not something a Barbarian or a Paladin or a Monk or Ranger can afford. This is not the player's choice (other than to play that class), it is the system's choice to give...

What you mean?. Bruk is fun character. Bruk have lots of personality. Bruk way of talking very dist..,very disctin.., very special. Is real roleplaying! Bruk life of party. Bruk make people laugh. People always laughing around Bruk. Except when Bruk chop head with Greatsword. Seriously...

Dwarves are deep and multi-dimensional. They have axes, beer, beards and gold But I think I get it now. This argument is not really about D&D the game, it's about D&D the fandom and canon. No wonder I wasn't getting it.

Hmmm...well I guess Paladin's don't have to be Lawful Good any more. Oath of Conquest maybe.

"the fact that the playtesters weren't willing to let go of fixed skills kind of occludes that aspect of the design."

No it's part of the skills variant rules in the players handbook. It my opinion it sits a bit oddly with the intended function of the rules - in which what abilitiy scores govern is supposed to be fixed and it's proficiencies that are supposed to be flexible and somewhat nebulous. In other...

No. What a weird interpretation!

We should really do that with magic. Just give the wizard the class feature: "has magic". Think about how much space we could save in the rule book! Then the wizard player can just constantly be asking the GM whether he can use his magic in this situation.

I'm pretty sure the issue is not whether you can translate a fictional concept into 5e rules in some way. The question is whether doing so will be satisfying and fun.

Honestly all the D&D gods are just cruft. They don't even exist in many of the D&D settings. The fact that they're all WOTC intellectual property was really a big gift, both to the OSR, and to third party publishers. If that's the sort of lore people think is needed then I feel that D&D...

The issue here is how the only thing that supports the social pillar being a pillar is that someone called it that. (A clever trick really - who knew that all you had to do to convince people a game supports something is say that it does - it's a real labour saving technique.) I want a Fighter...

Of course Fighters can contribute. They can tell the bard what to say and then the bard can say it.

Where is the magic pipeweed? Not to mention the waistcoat of endless pocket sausages.

Yeah. It would make more sense to say "get the player who takes notes and is always focused to play the Fighter and get the player who never pays attention to play the bard" that way there will be some kind of parity in social situations. Not a great solution.

Honestly, based on concept of the Fighter (and possibly the Barbarian) I'd actually give them additional bonuses to Charisma as they level up. Basically reflects the inspiration for Fighters, both in the old eventually become a Lord aspect, and the Conan the Barbarian rise to the top through...

I'm sort of surprised by the idea that so many people don't do dungeon crawls. Do you mean you don't use the fictional dungeon environment? Or that you never explore a location based on a map with more than about 2 or 3 rooms?

And what inspiration do they provide for fantasy races?

But what about computer games and anime? D&D and mainstream fantasy have really drifted along way apart.

I think a dungeon is a particular way of resolving actions and movement via exploration through space. A forest can be a dungeon: "The trail you are on forks to the left and right, which one do you take?...Ok so you arrive in a small clearing; you can see an Ogre sitting on a log in the middle...