J.Quondam
CR 1/8
On the meta level... It's interesting how different people interpret what "lore" means!
Personally, I think of it more or less in terms of all the "proper nouns" in D&D: places, history, cosmology, major NPCs, and the like. On the other hand, all the D&Disms arising from/expressed in the mechanics and all the weird world assumptions regarding dungeons, equipment, and so forth, I tend to think of as the "D&D genre." But putting those aspects of the game in among "lore" is certainly fair game. The line is definitely not a clear one!
Personally, I think of it more or less in terms of all the "proper nouns" in D&D: places, history, cosmology, major NPCs, and the like. On the other hand, all the D&Disms arising from/expressed in the mechanics and all the weird world assumptions regarding dungeons, equipment, and so forth, I tend to think of as the "D&D genre." But putting those aspects of the game in among "lore" is certainly fair game. The line is definitely not a clear one!