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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8097317" data-attributes="member: 5948">I think that was both a plus and a minus, to be honest.&nbsp; There's things like gnomes and the fey that had been long-time neglected in terms of lore that got some much-needed attention in this process.&nbsp; But on the downside, the big 4e lore rewrite tended to homogenise things, and shoehorn generic 'D&amp;D universe' concepts into settings where those concepts were completely inappropriate.&nbsp; The Raven Queen in FR, which already had at least 3 separate death gods, for instance, not even counting demon lords or nonhuman deities.&nbsp; Tieflings and the feywild in Athas.&nbsp; And so on.&nbsp; There were a lot of holes in D&amp;D lore that 4e laudably attempted to fill, and often with really interesting ideas, but it hammered wrongly-shaped pegs into a few too many of them.&nbsp; But there's still an awful lot there that is worth mining for inspiration.Which tbh sums up 4e in general in a lot of ways.&nbsp; Some great ideas.&nbsp; Didn't know when to stop.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8097317, member: 5948"] I think that was both a plus and a minus, to be honest. There's things like gnomes and the fey that had been long-time neglected in terms of lore that got some much-needed attention in this process. But on the downside, the big 4e lore rewrite tended to homogenise things, and shoehorn generic 'D&D universe' concepts into settings where those concepts were completely inappropriate. The Raven Queen in FR, which already had at least 3 separate death gods, for instance, not even counting demon lords or nonhuman deities. Tieflings and the feywild in Athas. And so on. There were a lot of holes in D&D lore that 4e laudably attempted to fill, and often with really interesting ideas, but it hammered wrongly-shaped pegs into a few too many of them. But there's still an awful lot there that is worth mining for inspiration. Which tbh sums up 4e in general in a lot of ways. Some great ideas. Didn't know when to stop. [/QUOTE]

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