D&D 5E Which played-out D&D trope needs to die?

[Fauchard1520]

I'm talking stuff like "rangers suck" or "bards are always horny." I'm talking plots like rescuing the princess, meeting your evil twin, or finding out that it was all a dream. Sure these things can be done well, but they also tend to elicit an immediate eye-roll when they come up. So before you attack your keyboard with "I did THING in my game, and it was the best THING ever," remember that this is more about pet-peeves than never-do-this-under-any-circumstance.

So how about about it? Which played-out D&D trope needs to die?

(Comic for illustrative purposes.)

 

[Davies]

"magic is fading from the wooooorld!"

 

[Gradine]

"The gods are walking the earth!"

Great... what the hell do you expect me to do about it?

 

[Burnside]

The evil albino? That one shows up as recently as Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden.

 

[jmartkdr2]

I swear if I get into one more "the gods are at war and only you can ensure victory for the side of Good..." plot, I'm having my character dedicate themselves to finding another Prime plane to live on without terrible management.

 

[Professor Murder]

Murder Hobos

 

[Oofta]

The trope that if we don't get rid of [insert just about any aspect of D&D] the game will collapse into oblivion.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

"I was just a freshman at a small midwestern college, and ..."

Oh, sorry, D&D tropes!

Let's see.

"Here, you do this stuff so that Elminster can save the Realms. Again."

 

[Bill Zebub]

"The fate of the world hangs in the balance and your band of level 1 characters must save it within this railroad sandbox."

 

[Bill Zebub]

The trope that if we don't get rid of [insert just about any aspect of D&D] the game will collapse into oblivion.

I was going to say that this trope that if we don't keep this [insert just about any aspect of D&D] the game will collapse into oblivion.