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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9358071" data-attributes="member: 6801228">So why can't they use Goliath lore from the 3rd edition of the game when Goliaths were added to Greyhawk in Races of Stone? If they can just not write anything and use the lore of elves from previous editions, which include elves that no longer exist, why can't they do that exact same thing for Goliaths?So, the chapter just needs to say "You only need to write a few words or sentences on the races in your world" and give an example using two or three of the races and that's it? Okay. That could be done without mentioning Tiefling, Dragonborn, Orcs, or Goliaths so there is no reason to assume that those races being newer to Greyhawk would be a problem with that advice. Also, while posters may have said something regarding the amount of depth, notably, those posters do not work for WoTC on writing the DMG. So their opinion on what it should say doesn't really amount to much of anything.Which one refers to Worldbuilding as done by a DM who would need the guidance of the DMG? Is that the one where you facepalmed at the idea of it being an action instead of a type of media? Or the one where you called it a type of action that can be taught? See, because I was referring to the action of world-building, which might be taught in a chapter about how to world-build, which got me derided by you because CLEARLY it is a type of media that you consume and not an action. Except when you referring to something else called world-building which is an action people can do. You have repeatedly stated they are making a mistake.Why do you doubt that? What reason do we have to think that they won't lean into the things that make Greyhawk different? Because, you just admitted there is a way for them to do this in a way that would be interesting and different, so it is a possibility. They may not, but they may do so. Now, I will agree that they are unlikely to make Greyhawk full of irradiated mutants. But they could quite easily have the Barrier Peaks in the books and talk about them and what is there. Since there are pistols and rifles being added the PHB, they could take the time to talk about Murlynd the Cowboy God and how these items are blessed tech based off ancient wonders. There are things they could do, so why not just wait to see if they do them, instead of declaring this a mistake and that they will clearly not do anything good with the setting.</blockquote>

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