Most of my 5e books still take up space on my shelf, despite not playing the system for years now. Occasionally, I will browse the monster books for some ideas. Mostly, they get dusty.
One book still gets opened frequently, though. Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Is it for the sub-classes? Definitely not. The spells that have been so meticulously balanced so as to remove all magic from them? Nope, not those either.
It's for pages 175 - 192: the lists upon lists of d100 names. Without a doubt, these rank at the top of 5e's lasting impact on my tabletop gaming life.
Long live random tables!
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