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This statement seems at odds with itself. How can monster lore be setting agnostic and discuss there societies, interactions, etc. -...
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Hmmm, interesting take. I recently finished reading the whole 2025 MM and I like it. I can't say it improves on the lore. When there is...
Mar 17, 2025
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Or we're heading towards a game that trusts DMs to take care of their own world building, or purchase one of many setting books from...
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They’ve stripped it out of the MM to keep that book setting neutral. Setting specific lore will be in the individual setting books...
Mar 17, 2025
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Many people have noted that the descriptions in the 2024 MM are shorter than the 2014 MM. The general feeling seems to be that less lore...
Mar 17, 2025
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I would agree that the lore that is present is better targeted, and more suited for reflufflng by a DM for their own world.
Mar 17, 2025
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I am team "less lore is better." Give me actionable information on how the creature plays. I can come up which deity or wizard created...
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I like that the new lore is more setting agnostic. Makes it more useful for me. YVMV.
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