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Because FR (Elminster specifically) is Ed Greenwood's ego incarnate. As a gamer for over 30 years, my biggest beef with FR has been the ridiculously over-inflated egos it, WotC, and T$R have created. Gygax had Greyhawk. Hickman and Weis had Dragonlance. Greenwood and Salvatore have FR. Most...

I have been considering a world where humans are far more common and other races are extinct or receding rapidly. Everyone would be human, with the possibility of being elf-blooded, demon-blooded, fae-blooded, etc allowing for smaller racial bonuses without the campaign looking like an episode...

Lol! I was digging to see what had been said about Weapon Specialization in 5E. This was the first thing to pop up.

Pie tables aside. And cake. And tarts... And healthy fruit salads and vegetable casseroles. - what I'd really like to see: Massively expanded weapon and armor options. Non-magical, regular weapons and armor that have appeared in several other renditions of the game. Expanded class options for...

I've played/DM'ed every edition since Basic. I didn't care for it in the 4th Ed PHB. It just seemed superfluous? Unnecessary? Back in the day it might have made a nice fighter kit or prestige class. I think if it were produced now, it could go in the vast ocean of fan-generated material, but...

I've never understood how a fighter who has trained his whole career with a longsword can suddenly pick up something more exotic like a sodegarami or chukonu and be awesome with them out of the blue. That's my issue with generalization. The overly specialized axe fighter, on the other hand...

All those ghouls, zombies and skeletons have to come from somewhere, right? And not putting a graveyard on the map is like not putting bathroom facilities near villagers' homes or any kind of feeding troughs or offal pits in dungeons. There's just a certain level if assumptions made in fantasy...

I, for one, love all things crunchy. Looking back over the years at other editions, some of my absolutely favorite books are very crunch-oriented- The original Unearthed Arcana, Oriental Adventures, and the monster books from the old First Ed AD&D days. Second Ed had its share of crunchy but...