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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6423550" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, I have zero problem with demon worshipping orcs.&nbsp; I remember when orcs were CE, so, supreme destruction orcs don't bother me in the least.&nbsp; Heck, gnolls that venerate some god works for me as well.&nbsp; Scarred Lands, for example, doesn't have Yeenoghu, AFAIK, and gnolls would venerate Vangal the destroyer, by and large.&nbsp; Then again, is Yeenoghu a demon or a god?&nbsp; Well, he's appeared in the Dieties and Demigods at one point, so, you can make the argument either way.&nbsp; I guess that's the other reason why flavour text is so unimportant to me.&nbsp; It's been contradicted and rewritten so many times across editions, you can make a decent argument for anything.&nbsp; Heck, gnolls in Basic/Expert, where I started D&amp;D, there were no demon lords.&nbsp; But, it did have gnolls and orcs.&nbsp; Does that mean that I wasn't playing the story of D&amp;D when I was playing Moldvay Basic?&nbsp; Of course not.&nbsp; So, if I can play two different flavours of D&amp;D which share virtually no flavour ties at all, why would I find it necessary to include a particular edition's flavour in my home brew game?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6423550, member: 22779"] But, I have zero problem with demon worshipping orcs. I remember when orcs were CE, so, supreme destruction orcs don't bother me in the least. Heck, gnolls that venerate some god works for me as well. Scarred Lands, for example, doesn't have Yeenoghu, AFAIK, and gnolls would venerate Vangal the destroyer, by and large. Then again, is Yeenoghu a demon or a god? Well, he's appeared in the Dieties and Demigods at one point, so, you can make the argument either way. I guess that's the other reason why flavour text is so unimportant to me. It's been contradicted and rewritten so many times across editions, you can make a decent argument for anything. Heck, gnolls in Basic/Expert, where I started D&D, there were no demon lords. But, it did have gnolls and orcs. Does that mean that I wasn't playing the story of D&D when I was playing Moldvay Basic? Of course not. So, if I can play two different flavours of D&D which share virtually no flavour ties at all, why would I find it necessary to include a particular edition's flavour in my home brew game? [/QUOTE]

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