Nick, The constraints of D&D are in part set by what is interesting for the development of collaborative storytelling. It is crucial to recognize that while a game, it is *not an adversarial* game (except perhaps at the meta-level where each player is attempting to troll the DM†). Besides this subjective constraint, there are compendia <https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/BookIndex> (continually under development) which have evolved the objective constraints for the game. The word *campaign* is used because the game is designed with the intention of developing a story arc (with many sub-arcs) which can take years to tell. The campaigns that I am a part of are predicted to be five-year campaigns. In one campaign, our characters have a key which opens a secret door to 1970's Tokyo, there is ample freedom to explore fantastic domains far from traditionally high- anglo-fantasy.
you write: *"By the way, I keep hearing programs on NPR that suggest that 5G willeliminate life as we know it."* Have you heard any of the various conspiracy theories surrounding 5G and Covid-19? A couple of weeks ago, an elderly woman on the bike path stopped me to express one. Curiouser and curiouser ;) Jon †) use google.
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