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But again that becomes an excuse to never deal with the situation. You allow all these magical races available for PCs but nerf them hard because you don't want to think about the consequences. Thinking about the consequences is exactly what you pay publishers for. It's the publishers job to...

It is. The point is it isn't a gentle decision. It has major setting ramifications. And many DMs might want the setting to make the results be spelled out so they don't have too.

And that's the issue. Because all PCs have it. But it's up to the setting to state the details for NOCs. And as species and classes became more fantastical, WOTC settings lagged behind on answering those questions.

The point is that if the bad guy hires a mercenary company a Dragonborn it would give you different sorts of encounters then if the bad guy hired elves off they hired a mix of humans, goliaths, and halflings, or a collaboration of all 10 species. If a portal opened up and a bunch of dragon...

10 Dragonborn bandits have 10 breath weapons. Whereas 10 Elves bandits are possibly equiped with Cantrips

The rub is that 5th edition has push the most settings in Dungeons & Dragons since the 1990s with 2nd edition... but... None of the dozens of setting in 5.0e push the newer entries of the game to any prominence or prevalence But... The second day have a chance to make a reservation of the...

My point is the blacksmith NPC being an elf or a dragonborn or a having levels in fighter or in wizard or no class or being a noble or peasant should matter. The encounter with the bandits forcing a toll on the road is different if the bandits are 100% human or 50% tieflings or has a mage in...

In mine, it is the same but with lizardfolk and kobolds due to similar dietary needs. There is most to species that your PC. Shared experiences and history, speaking similar language, finding racial and class magic items, etc, epitomizing or bucking class or species biases and stereotypes.

New idea Dragonborn are the fantasy Krogan. A whole race of magically inclined super strong warriors in mercenary companies. Instead of the Genophage, Dragonborn just die of old-fashioned way and their populations never grow

That's almost what an iPhone. What I am saying is that the 2020 Forgotten Realms does not serve near equal role playing ability and gaming experience for the 2024 version of D&D 5th edition.. Everyone is focused on what kind of character I'm allowed to make my character as. What I am...

That would be at least something. More useful that 20% of the settings that got official books or articles.

You came up with the idea. WOTC didn't do it. The gripe is that WOTC put it in the core book, plastered them all over their supplements as art, but didn't come up with a similar idea.

The point is the Dragonborn are newcomers to the setting. The point is the WOTC should make at least ONE setting where the Dargonborn are native and important to the setting.

"Have Johnson figure it out." (33% chance Johnson is lazy or a gremlin and the deadline comes before things can be fixed.)

They half butted many of the conversions of pre5e settings to 5e. Hence the many controversies, failed experiments, and "missing" content.. If they were forced to start from scratch they would have to question everything then included and how. Created better setting due to being forced.