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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8529586" data-attributes="member: 10148">Close, but not quite. There are two points to my argument:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A significant reduction in inspirational lore overall in the 2024 core rulebooks will make the core rulebooks less appealing to players who were enticed by lore.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Designing the 2024 core with the expectation that players will also buy a setting book means expecting them to make a larger initial investment than they do under the 2014 core.</li>
</ul>Either or both of these could discourage new players from purchasing the core rules, which could in turn reduce the growth of the D&amp;D fanbase.Instead, I think they should keep the same proportion of lore to rules, but improve the lore and make it more open-ended, with multiple suggested alternative approaches which may or may not be based on specific settings. Directing players to a setting book for more detail is fine, but should not be a built-in expectation. This would keep the lore appeal of the core books intact, while still opening up the possibilities that Wizards says they want to create.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8529586, member: 10148"] Close, but not quite. There are two points to my argument: [LIST] [*]A significant reduction in inspirational lore overall in the 2024 core rulebooks will make the core rulebooks less appealing to players who were enticed by lore. [*]Designing the 2024 core with the expectation that players will also buy a setting book means expecting them to make a larger initial investment than they do under the 2014 core. [/LIST] Either or both of these could discourage new players from purchasing the core rules, which could in turn reduce the growth of the D&D fanbase. Instead, I think they should keep the same proportion of lore to rules, but improve the lore and make it more open-ended, with multiple suggested alternative approaches which may or may not be based on specific settings. Directing players to a setting book for more detail is fine, but should not be a built-in expectation. This would keep the lore appeal of the core books intact, while still opening up the possibilities that Wizards says they want to create. [/QUOTE]

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