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You are, of course, absolutely right, @Maxperson. Now, can we get back to the actual interesting topic of what a 2024 D&D setting should look like?

Well, other than the fact that the designers were basing the design of the setting to showcase 3.5 edition, but, sure? I guess their own words means they entirely failed at their own design goals. 🤷

Yes, @Maxperson, you are absolutely right. Good job. Now, can we get back to the actual topic at hand? Back to the idea of what a 2024 Setting would look like?

To be fair, that was the stated design goal of Eberron.

As I play on VTT, it might impact speed. And our sessions tend to be a bit less than 3 hours. I'm saying 9 session to level 4. 2 to get to level 2, 3 to get to level 3 and 4 to get to level four and generally four sessions per level after that. Give or take of course. It could be 8...

You might want to reread your AD&D DMG before making that claim.

How do you cast wish at 17th level? That's a 9th level spell. You need to be 18th level.

Actually, no you couldn't. It would take at least 9 hours of study to rememorize wish. Plus 8 hours of rest. Plus, if you use Wish, other than to bring back dead PC's or escape danger, it cost you 2-8 days of bed rest. So, no, you actually couldn't. To bring back a single point of Con...

Nope. Buying it was 25 gold. Making it was 12.5. Didn't even need a feat. Came built into the wizard class. Whoops, looked it up. carpet of flying is 10th. Ahh, I see we're going to cherry pick. Never minding that I can make +2 Stat items by this point. But, sure. So, you need to be an...

I get what you're saying, and, obviously, a new setting needs a "hook" of some sort. Sure. But, if we start with concept first and then try to shoehorn D&D into it, it never really works. Too much gets left on the cutting room floor. If our concept is X, then there will be elements of D&D...

LOL. 3e - my 1st level wizard, with 12.5 gp (I.e. starting gold) can make a scroll. AD&D - my 7th level wizard requires unknown amounts of gold to make a scroll. 3e - my 5th level wizard can make any miscellaneous magic item with a negligible cost. AD&D - My 11th level MU can maybe make a...

Really? Why are you surprised by this. The fandom has spoken very loudly and very clearly that they do not want anything new. They are perfectly happy with WotC retreading the tried and true. Good grief, the fandom is all abuzz about the return of Dark Sun? A setting that had it's glory...

Again, one out of a hundred NPC's isn't just uncommon. Good grief, there are more named Lizardfolk in Ghosts of Saltmarsh than there are dragonborn. My point being, as it always has been, that dragonborn and tieflings are barely present in the game. There are no dragonborn towns. No...

Again, if you think one is a lot, I think that perhaps we're having a miscommunication. A single dragonborn in an entire module of dozens and dozens of NPC's is hardly a lot, is it?

I don't think that contradicts my point. I was told there are "lots of" dragonborn NPC's in the module. Unless "one" is a definition of "lots of" that I was previously unaware of, I'd say that my point rather stands.

I'm not really sure how. I'm looking at the adventures. They don't have dragonborn in them. If your experience is that there were lots of dragonborn (or any for that matter) then your DM added them. They aren't in the adventure.

Oh, I totally agree. Since they were doing a lot of recycling in 5e, it's not surprising that later elements have gotten short shrift. And, IIRC, the Dragon Queen adventures were being written before the 5e PHB had hit the streets, so, the writers may not have even known if dragonborn were...

Hrm, it is interesting to think what elements would you need for a "2024 D&D" setting: 1. All PHB races actually represented in the setting. That means you have dragonborn nations as well as various other species. 2. Class representation. Warlocks, for example. Clerics have churches...

I dunno how anyone could complain about Saltmarsh. There are zero dragonborn (although there is a dragonborn in one of the pictures) and the only tiefling is a trader from Iuz. That's it. In the entire module. Hoard of the Dragon Queen, as I mentioned, has half dragons, but zero dragonborn...

Huh. I'm running Out of the Abyss. Zero Dragonborn or tieflings. Ghosts of Saltmarsh, 1 tiefling, zero dragonborn. Candlekeep Mysteries, IIRC, 1 dragonborn, 0 Tieflings. Waterdeep Dragonheist, 0 dragonborn or tieflings that I recall. Phandelver - 0 dragonborn or tieflings. And while...