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@rufflejax seems fair. 
What's your recommendations for general fantasy then?
@Homebrewandhacking It depends on what you mean by "standard fantasy". If you like the "fight monsters get treasure" core gameplay loop of D&D, with added elements of RP, definitely use it, but it's not really built to do stuff like social intrigue or ruling a kingdom or army/strategic combat
You said "general fantasy" in your video which I watched.
Doing a game of social intrigue with D&D feels like it would have a lot of "drag" and kingdom admin and army stuff feelsn like I'd have to go back several editions.
@Homebrewandhacking Yes, kingdom, army, and intrigue play have a lot of drag in D&D but show up A LOT in the media that people claim it can emulate. It also weirds me out seeing people do steampunk, regency romance, allegorical fantasy, f'rex in D&D as though it supports any of those.
I know that "standard fantasy" means elves; dwarves, and orcs for a lot of people, but there's ways to do those tropes that aren't D&D.
I have written a couple of books that let people homebrew and hack their own cultures and species.
If you're familiar with the Level Up: Advanced Fifth Edition #a5e then you might have seen some of the differences. It runs much like 5e but doesn't assume that elves know how to use bows at birth. :)