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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6291090" data-attributes="member: 7635">Aren't you basically advocating for a default setting (lets call it Nerath) with the DMG mentioning &quot;BTW: you don't have to use Nerath, you can use Eberron, Toril, or Athas if you want. The stats are in XXX. Or make up your own.&quot; ?How is that different then using the Great Wheel as the &quot;limited amount of space&quot; option, as long as the cavaet &quot;The DM might use his own cosmology instead&quot; is mentioned? And in reality; do we NEED expressed written permission from WotC to change things? Haven't DMs been changing things since the advent of the house-rule? Are we really so gunshy about rules-lawyer player brow-beating us with the Complete Book of Dwarves that we need a WotC shield to us with a &quot;do what thou wilt&quot;? In 2014, do we still need Rule 0 spelled out? I'm almost beginning to think the World of Darkness model might be better: create a core book (we'll call it the rules compendium) that has the basics of combat, action resolution, and other generic rules in it and then create a dozen &quot;setting guides&quot; that have specific races, classes, feats, spells, and monsters to go along with the kingdoms, gods and regions.&quot; So that the Forgotten Realms PHB has fighters, gold dwarves, moon elves, and etc, while the Dragonlance ones have Silvanesti, kender, wizard of high sorcery, knight of the crown, etc. in it (but no half-orcs or paladins).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 6291090, member: 7635"] Aren't you basically advocating for a default setting (lets call it Nerath) with the DMG mentioning "BTW: you don't have to use Nerath, you can use Eberron, Toril, or Athas if you want. The stats are in XXX. Or make up your own." ? How is that different then using the Great Wheel as the "limited amount of space" option, as long as the cavaet "The DM might use his own cosmology instead" is mentioned? And in reality; do we NEED expressed written permission from WotC to change things? Haven't DMs been changing things since the advent of the house-rule? Are we really so gunshy about rules-lawyer player brow-beating us with the Complete Book of Dwarves that we need a WotC shield to us with a "do what thou wilt"? In 2014, do we still need Rule 0 spelled out? I'm almost beginning to think the World of Darkness model might be better: create a core book (we'll call it the rules compendium) that has the basics of combat, action resolution, and other generic rules in it and then create a dozen "setting guides" that have specific races, classes, feats, spells, and monsters to go along with the kingdoms, gods and regions." So that the Forgotten Realms PHB has fighters, gold dwarves, moon elves, and etc, while the Dragonlance ones have Silvanesti, kender, wizard of high sorcery, knight of the crown, etc. in it (but no half-orcs or paladins). [/QUOTE]

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