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I didn't say master of the tower, though I suppose it could have happened at some point. I was just talking about dwarven wizards. And Greyhawk doesn't have thousands of pages of setting material, but even if it did, thousands of pages is less than 1% of the setting.

It doesn't really matter to the point. The point is that a DM would have to alter the setting, giving it special rules that allow PCs to know about levels.

1st level fights: The ogre swings at you with his club and it connects causing 12 points of damage, obliterating your spine and sending you spinning into the void. Roll a new character. 10th level fighter: The ogre swings at you with his club and and you deftly deflect it with your shield. Even...

No. It requires no rewrite of the setting. There was nothing written in the setting about dwarves being unable to be wizards. The Forgotten Realms, by far the most defined setting, is less than 1% defined. Greyhawk isn't even close to that. You can throw in a dozen companies of dwarven...

They represent skill, luck, meat, divine intervention, etc. that help you to escape serious injury. They are only abstract in that you don't know what a specific hit point represents until it is used up and the DM describes the attack and damage.

The problem is what do those things really represent. For all we know each student goes up 3 levels before getting a new belt color and not 1 level. Level is purely a player mechanic and not a part of a setting that isn't like those anime shows where the protagonist can just call up his or...

Yes, but those are instances of the setting defining new mechanics, not the core mechanics defining the setting.

As far as I can tell only setting specific mechanics like defiling/preserving are tied to setting. You say Greyhawk is tied to mechanics, but are forced to limit looking for dwarven wizards to the old boxed set in order for that to seem true. I can just as easily and correctly just use 5e and...

With regard to class, yes. Racial abilities are shared by the entire race. PCs and NPCs are no different in that regard.

Fantasy realism is a thing. Magical creatures like dragons exist inside that fantasy realism. The game builds in magic rules and magical exceptions for things like dragons and spells, but not other things like voluntarily stepping off a 1000 foot cliff, which is why we say it's unrealistic...

I'd give just about anyone a shot at it.

I think for the most part you are correct. However... 1) Being a DM takes creativity and at least some skill at improvisation. Most, but not everyone can do this. I've met people who don't think well off the cuff and/or have different creativity than D&D uses. 2a) DMing is a skill, and it...

Gygax said in the 1e DMG that so long as it doesn't make the game unfun, the highest levels of simulation should be strived for.

Are you imagining that DMs wait until the players have their PCs do something suicidal and then say, "Gotcha! Your character is going to die now. Muahahahahaha!"? Because in my experience the DMs, including myself, inform the players in advance and if the players then make the decision to do it...

The point is that lowering saves and making it 3 rounds makes the problem a lot worse. Control spells only need to work for 1 or 2 rounds to destroy an encounter at the current save levels.

They aren't the best, but I wouldn't call them awful. The main problem, though, is that I have someone who outright refuses to understand what is being said to him. If he and his group want to play a game where they ignore where something is said 5 times to point at one time where it's said...

Nevermind

It's not worth my time anymore to deal with your internet antics.