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Are you suggesting that WoTC should do what Paizo did in PF1 by coming up with its' own take of the Elves of Golarion splatbook? That would be a rather neat way to cover elven culture in each of D&D settings.

Ah. :) When I first got my hands on the Adventurer's Guide and saw Leather Brigandine instead of Studded Leather, I briefly wondered about the name change for several of the armors. Now you got me a wondering again. :p Was Leather Brigandine the original name for that kind of light armor and...

You can push the idea of a multiverse with just a single world. It's been done before in various TV series, comic books, films, etc. Since the Forgotten Realms is pretty much the default setting nowadays, we're seeing multiple Torils being debuted every time an RPG group plays 5e D&D. ;)

This is happily covered in Level Up. If it's something you are born with, it's a part of your heritage. If it's something you have to learn in order to use it effectively, then it's going to be in either your background and/or your culture.

Backgrounds don't really say anything about culture specifically. They do, however, lend themselves to your character's origin as they represent who the character was before they left to become an adventurer. They also can be found in every culture in a given setting. And unless it's otherwise...

Culture should mean something more in D&D, not less. Anything your characters learns while growing up in a particular culture, like the ones presented in A5e, shapes your character's origin within a given setting by giving them traits with mechanical benefits (weapon and armor proficiencies...

I am not sure 5e could come anywhere near this format because of its' complexity. That said, I like this piece of abstract artwork. ;)

Another thing that Level Up has done for race is splitting race up into Heritage (who your parents are) and Culture (the society you grew up in). Heritage covers any trait that your character was born with such as Age, Size, Speed, Senses and a signature trait such as a Dragonborn's breath...

DS broke whatever mold WoTC uses to create a setting in D&D by making so many changes to its' classes, races and history. The biggest change of all being that DS is heavy in psionics.

They could always convert 3e's Expanded Psionics Handbook for 5e and include one or more chapters for DS in it.

I think 3e's Unearthed Arcana had both the Ranger and the Paladin as 15 level Prestige classes.

Heroes of Sigil and Adventuring in the City of Doors.

Pretty much. Angels can be LG, NG and CG.

If the title Heroes of the Jade Oath hadn't been already taken by Rite Publishing ages ago, it would have made a good title for the PC-facing book of the Kara-Tur setting for 5e. :) Lands of the Jade Oath for the DM-facing side of the setting?

There is the Eladrin PC species and then there is the Celestial Eladrin, what's the relationship between them in 5e?

Is this topic more of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup than a soup? ;) "You've got your science fiction in my fantasy!" "Well, you've got your fantasy in my science fiction!"

I know. In 3e, the Warforged were Constructs with the Living Construct subtype. A subtype that was designed as a workaround to the Level Adjustments and Effective Character Levels in 3e's Savage Species book. The new subtype allowed the players to play as a playable Construct race. I have...

The Warforged are another good example of putting sci-fi into a fantasy setting. Science fiction has robots and Fantasy has constructs, some of which can be sentient. And if you want something that's more than meets the eye in a Beast Wars sort of way for a fantasy setting, you can always play...

Two things came to my mind regarding a 5e version of Dragonstar. 1) Adding in the Gem Dragons and 2) Replacing the Half-Dragon nobility with a Dragonborn nobility. The first would increase the number of Dragon Houses from 10 to 15. And there would be periods during the Dragonstar Empire where...

More than what's being offered by the Forgotten Realms Wiki. ;) Like a campaign setting book. hands the beer off to a dwarf ;)