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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9115316" data-attributes="member: 58172">Yes. I mean exactly that.As a "core book", the Forgotten Realms Monster Manual will detail the specific Forgotten Realms setting narratives for each monster entry.This entry is info that only the DM peruses. Like magic items, the DM can decide which monsters exist, and what their lore actually is. So it doesnt really matter if the players read it. The DM might be using different monsters and descriptions anyway.Perhaps the term "generic" means customizable, broad, openended, and suggestive.Since the DM has 100% control of the monsters in the same way as having 100% control of the magic items, I dont see a problem with describing each monster in its setting context. We can assume most DMs will be splicing together monsters from various settings.</blockquote>