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It reminds me of the infamous lava rules for 3e "if you fall into lava, you die (no save)" and how the conflict between unrealistic playability and complicated realism fight for the heart of RPGs.

Well, they removed them in 5.24, so we'll see if that helps.

Rakasta were also mostly locked into Mystara/Basic era D&D. I think the only AD&D stats were in Red Steel.

Does Beyond account for the fact that species not in the SRD are paywalled? How many of those humans elves and half-elves were created by free accounts who didn't buy anything, maybe not even the PHB? It reminds me of the people who comment on how the most popular fighter subclass on Beyond...

My last game was Ravenloft, but I had two humans, a dhampir, a hexblood, a reborn, and a (homebrew) awakened cat. My Eberron game before that was a shifter, changeling, gnome, warforged, and half-elf. The last game I played in was Spelljammer and we had a giff, thri-kreen, hadozee, githyanki...

Good for you. My boss drinks nothing but Diet Coke. Doesn't mean that's all I want stocked in the vending machine.

The Majority of the time I go to Taco Bell, I order the Mexican Pizza. However, there are plenty of times I order the Crunchwrap Supreme, Nachos or monthly special. If you looked at the stats of my orders, you would assess that only the Mexican Pizza is worth keeping as I rarely order the other...

It's almost like people get tired of the same handful of options and crave different experiences, even if it's just Taco Bell rearranging the same ingredients into a new combination.

I try to have a few character ideas in mind when I get to play. I keep at least one of them generic (meaning, PHB only) but I will usually have a few ideas that are PHB plus supplements or PHB plus a single 3pp option that I feel WotC hasn't covered. My current want to play is a dhampir...

While true, I don't think it's that big a problem. They still mostly work, even if they're not up to count l current standards.

With FotA updating the Eberron species, the only species not updated are the MTG specific ones. Maybe a MTG book will do that...

Ideally, they should mean the same thing in every setting. It's not like level progression or monster challenge ratings change with settings.

No. I was told D&D's diversity is it's strength and people will riot if their favorite settings aren't supported. Eberron gotta wait until 2030 for another book I guess.

That's the price you pay for WotC trying to support Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Ravenloft, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Planescape, Exandria and a few Magic: The Gathering settings all at the same time. Every setting is a curiosity and only given the barest amount of support.

If they did Xen'drik or Sarlona as an expansion, I'd agree. But I don't think they are going back to Eberron again for a long while, considering how many other settings they are juggling.

I have to disagree with your main premise. Eberron didn't need yet another book going over the countries, deities, history and geography of Eberron. It needed a mechanical update for the now unusable subclass-based Dragonmarks and an updated artificer. Reprinting yet again RftLW with a glint of...

This is less a problem when you stop treating first level as "five minutes ago I was a commoner". Zero to hero demands you can't be anything but a nobody before game starts..

True. The consequence of that diversity is that my elf PC may not adhere to the norms of your elves because we are viewing elves from two different lens. And I think that, barring the most extreme examples, that is where most of these "entitled player" and "nightmare GM" stories come from. The...

Outside of a few super-specific campaign elements outside their respective settings (Dragonmarks in Eberron, Dark Gifts in Ravenloft) I don't ban things unless they are broken. I have long championed the kitchen sink and find it a profound lack of creativity if you can't even fit the PHB in your...

You are quite willing, but plenty of DMs aren't. Look how many people resist the idea of refluffing Dragonborn and Goliaths as dray and half-giants.