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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9358490" data-attributes="member: 6915329">WotC sure can use the 3e lore. They just need to reprint that lore in the 5e books rather than expect that DMs will own a 20-year-old book from two editions previous.What made you think that I was saying they can't use that lore? I mean, all those examples I wrote were literally just examples that I made up on the fly. You didn't think I owned Races of Stone, read the lore, dismissed it, and was trying to make people use my lore instead, did you?Sure it can be done without mentioning those species. But since Greyhawk didn't contain those species when it was released, and people in this thread have expressed a need to know where they come from[1], it makes sense to kill two birds with one stone and use this as an opportunity to show where they're from.[1] And the fact that people were wanting something official to tell them where those species are from rather puts a damper on the idea that every DM is going to be able to instantly know where those species are from.Well, to start with, actions can be taught. Writing and painting are actions (as are any other creative field out there), but you can teach people how to write and paint--how to emulate styles, how to get certain effects, how to refine until you get the finished product you want. Secondly, while "worldbuilding" may be a verb, it's also a handy term because "body of writings, illustrations, maps, and other forms of media that contain information about a fictional setting you have created or are in the process of creating" is a very wordy noun. Thirdly, you are literally complaining about a part of speech. Would you like to address the actual topic at hand, or do you want to continue trying (and failing) to distract me by kvetching about meaningless details?I have said it would be better for them to make a new world.I could be wrong. Maybe WotC will really lean into the dark 'n' gritty aspects of the setting, make all the NPCs morally gray, have a whole Wild West territory, include a Random Space Mutation table, and have really crazy dungeons. I just have no reason to believe that until I see it.</blockquote>

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