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I was never a Gygax fanboy. To me he had respect for "inventing" role-playing games and D&D. I never saw anything as misogynistic but that's probably because I never really read that much into anything as a young person. It was for something different that I lost any respect or interest in the...

My current group started in 1992 although of the original members, there is only two of us. The other members joined as others left over the last 20 years.

Ancient Dungeon. Too many fights.

Basic D&D used the term Immortal.

For my homebrew campaign setting the following films (I'm more a visual person): The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Soloman Kane. Dragonslayer. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God. Brotherhood of the Wolf. Dagon. The Mist (film not...

Physical dice all the way for me. Part of the fun is rolling those dice and the tactile approach of that.

Lately I've been thinking about this. My initial idea was to let players create their desired background (within reason) but I'm also pondering whether to make more campaign setting specific backgrounds as an option.

That is basically what I'm going to do. It just seems to make more sense to me.

I've learnt something new today so thank you all. :) However, I would say that the real world uses of priest or cleric are different to the in game uses. Within most D&D settings I would say that the two titles are interchangeable. As for paladin I would say they used to represent the holy...

For me, I think it comes down to the naming convention. In my mind a cleric is a priest and priest's usually worship/serve a deity. I used to find it odd that clerics could serve other paranormal entities as they seemed more the aspect of a sorcerer or warlock. Serving a concept or just tapping...

From my perspective, no, it's not a new edition. Just as 3.5 was an update rather than a full new game. 5.5 is no different.

When I'm a player, I'm in the minority. You could give me a 50 page document about your world and I'd read it, print it out and bring it with me to the game. I'd rather be immersed in the setting but as others have said most players aren't. I think keeping it to a paragraph or two isn't enough...

That is when you introduce it. My experience is that no one wants to be infodumped and often players would rather learn something organically. The other way to do it is if it comes up as something relevant during character creation. That is why a session zero is so popular. You can work little...

Abandoned House. Cursed Staff. Ghosts.

I tend to do a small (max 5 page) guide for the players that covers a basic map, rough outline of the nations/cities, some commonly known history and then end it with any game relevant info such as races, classes, gods...etc.

I agree. I always "make" a cleric worship a deity or other powerful supernatural entity in order to get their spells and abilities. The idea of a cleric worshipping a concept or ideal has never sat well with me within the confines of a game world where gods and devils/angels are a known quantity.

It was but it was hilarious. I don't think I've ever had a GM be completely speechless before.

It wasn't D&D but a Rolemaster campaign a friend ran in the early 90s. First session he introduced the campaign villain on a balcony doing his evil monologue. The halfling ranger in the party decided to chance it and throw his bolas, critical hitted and killed the villain within the first 10...

For me, it is partly world-building and partly telling cool stories with my friends. Although it's also the monsters. As a kid wanting to get into D&D I loved reading about monsters and folklore, and it was a part of what I enjoy most about being a DM.

As my way back in to D&D since 3.5, I'm still buying into it.