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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3043767" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>The core rules of D&D should be as setting neutral as possible. Provide examples of things that could be used in the core rules, with the caveat that not everything there has to be, or even should be, in the same setting, like deities, an assortment of generic deities similar to deities from the main settings (a sun god like Lathander/Pelor for example) and D&D staple deities that cross between settings (Bahamut, Tiamat, Lolth, Grummsh, ect.), elemental spirits, and some from myth and legend (Thor, Osiris, Zeus, ect), and examples of religious orders not inherently tied to an anthropomorphic deity.</p><p></p><p>I would personally like to see it be Forgotten Realms, but I know rationally that it's probably not good business sense, since the realms do have their haters as well as their lovers.</p><p></p><p>If they made Eberron the 4e core, that would be a big reason to ignore 4e as far as I'm concerned, or at least an admission that D&D is going places I'm totally uninterested. Robot PC's and NPC item factories into the core PHB? No way!</p><p></p><p>To please the most people, or at least displease the most people the least, the D&D core should probably be as setting-neutral as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 3043767, member: 14159"] The core rules of D&D should be as setting neutral as possible. Provide examples of things that could be used in the core rules, with the caveat that not everything there has to be, or even should be, in the same setting, like deities, an assortment of generic deities similar to deities from the main settings (a sun god like Lathander/Pelor for example) and D&D staple deities that cross between settings (Bahamut, Tiamat, Lolth, Grummsh, ect.), elemental spirits, and some from myth and legend (Thor, Osiris, Zeus, ect), and examples of religious orders not inherently tied to an anthropomorphic deity. I would personally like to see it be Forgotten Realms, but I know rationally that it's probably not good business sense, since the realms do have their haters as well as their lovers. If they made Eberron the 4e core, that would be a big reason to ignore 4e as far as I'm concerned, or at least an admission that D&D is going places I'm totally uninterested. Robot PC's and NPC item factories into the core PHB? No way! To please the most people, or at least displease the most people the least, the D&D core should probably be as setting-neutral as possible. [/QUOTE]
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