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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3726316" data-attributes="member: 32536">Not really.I mean, even attempts to describe an "implied setting" tend to fall flat for me. Certainly, the rules-as-is determine a certain setting, but not to the extent some people claim. For example, the Iron Heroes system Campaign chapter. Mike Mearls spends a lot of time in that chapter describing how, in the implied setting of Iron Heroes, gods are distant and unknowable, magic is unreliable and secret, and the like. I took the (unmodified) Iron Heroes system and used it to run a homebrew setting where large magical cacademies have incredible political power, a Paladin might meet his patron god face-to-face, and the characters literaly ran into a demigod in a shop in the third session. All I had to do was tell the players "ignore the Campaign Chapter".Besides, it is easy enough to adjust existing rule-mechanics to fit a homebrew setting, so "implied setting" is easily ignorable. This is especialy true with the inevitable march of new rule supplements.As such, I consider a "core" campaign setting to be a waste of space in the DMG and a waste of my money, and feel the same about the "implied setting" and "core story" concepts that float around game designers and the EN World boards every so often.A sample town and some sample NPCs, on the other hand, would be some useful tools to put in the DMG for DMs who want to start up a quick game. But nothing that can't be easily put in some random blank spot on a generic fantasy map.</blockquote>

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