This is a bizarre and illogically self contradicting stance for a game where multiple players are the norm. When those characters depend on the presence of entities structures lore and tropes/themes being present in the setting world they cease to be "independent of the setting".Players creating characters independent of the setting is such a common trope that it is lampooned in several webcomics that predate 5e. Goblins! makes fun of it in its first arc, when 3 of the PCs for the campaign are Drizz’t clones. Order of the Stick has an evil wizard that’s basically Drizz’t as a wizard.
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