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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6130778" data-attributes="member: 42582">Here's an analogy:Nothing in the AD&D Monster Manual tells me where Frost Giants come from, or who rules them. But Greyhawk settles this, in part at least, via the G2 module; and the AD&D DDG tells me that their ruling god is Thrym.Does that mean that, evermore, the default for D&D is that Frost Giants live in glacial rifts, are ruled by Jarls, and worship the legendary Norse figure Thrym?The issue for me isn't that this lore does or doesn't contradict prior stuff; it's that it narrows other possibilties and dictates the tone and content of people's games.The preference of [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION], and some other posters too, is to have only a light cosmology in the core materials. That's certainly one option. An alternative - for which I have a bit more sympathy - is a default cosmology, but in that case I want the most inspiring, engaging and easy-to-use cosmology, and for me Planescape doesn't tick that box.Just because Planescape had a number of fans isn't, on its own, a reason to make it the default cosmology.</blockquote>