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2e had no default setting.
2e had more settings written for it than any edition.
Coincidence? Maybe.
But it seems to me the more narrative you attach to the core system, the more you constrain setting developers by forcing them to either incorporate the core fluff or spend extra page space on expository about how they have refluffed classes and races for their setting. Either way, it discourages or at least stifles writers from being able to create new and unique settings.
2e had more settings written for it than any edition.
Coincidence? Maybe.
But it seems to me the more narrative you attach to the core system, the more you constrain setting developers by forcing them to either incorporate the core fluff or spend extra page space on expository about how they have refluffed classes and races for their setting. Either way, it discourages or at least stifles writers from being able to create new and unique settings.
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