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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6291312" data-attributes="member: 7635">Yeah, sorry bout that. Pa-tay-toe. pa-tah-toe. The only way this works is if you keep the choices limited and consistent. Otherwise, you create a smorgasbord of ideas which has no interconnection between them. You can't use a Greyhawk dwarf, an Eberron elf, a Realms halfling, a Planescape tiefling, etc as examples in the PHB since somebody new can't use those examples interconnected. You still end up saying &quot;This is an example of a dwarf&quot; and most people will look at in the PHB and say that IS the D&amp;D dwarf. You're still creating a default mythology. Even if you say &quot;this is only one example of a dwarf&quot;, by virtue of it being printing in the Holy Trinity of Core Books, its going to be the default version. I get not wanting to be tied down to one concept, like I also get not being browbeat by the &quot;Hammer of Moradin&quot; prestige thingie that appeared in player supplement X you now gotta fix or ditch to fit in your Eberron game. But unless the Core is going to have six different dwarves, elves, fighters, orcs and Heavens, you're still going to end up with DMs, module writers, supplements, and Living X players using the PHB/DMG/MM assumptions, hence the &quot;default&quot; setting. Personally, I'd rather a kinda generic sheen over everything, and then the DM buy (or create) setting of his choice. Kinda like hamburger helper; the core rules should be a pound of raw hamburger and the DM should pick the spices and sauce he wants to finish it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 6291312, member: 7635"] Yeah, sorry bout that. Pa-tay-toe. pa-tah-toe. The only way this works is if you keep the choices limited and consistent. Otherwise, you create a smorgasbord of ideas which has no interconnection between them. You can't use a Greyhawk dwarf, an Eberron elf, a Realms halfling, a Planescape tiefling, etc as examples in the PHB since somebody new can't use those examples interconnected. You still end up saying "This is an example of a dwarf" and most people will look at in the PHB and say that IS the D&D dwarf. You're still creating a default mythology. Even if you say "this is only one example of a dwarf", by virtue of it being printing in the Holy Trinity of Core Books, its going to be the default version. I get not wanting to be tied down to one concept, like I also get not being browbeat by the "Hammer of Moradin" prestige thingie that appeared in player supplement X you now gotta fix or ditch to fit in your Eberron game. But unless the Core is going to have six different dwarves, elves, fighters, orcs and Heavens, you're still going to end up with DMs, module writers, supplements, and Living X players using the PHB/DMG/MM assumptions, hence the "default" setting. Personally, I'd rather a kinda generic sheen over everything, and then the DM buy (or create) setting of his choice. Kinda like hamburger helper; the core rules should be a pound of raw hamburger and the DM should pick the spices and sauce he wants to finish it. [/QUOTE]

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