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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8702328" data-attributes="member: 22779">To be fair, that's an argument you can make about just about any setting.&nbsp; Strip the backgrounds (where a significant percentage of setting flavor is found) out of any setting, and you're not left with very much.&nbsp; What does Darksun offer if you strip out all the backgrounds?&nbsp; A big desert setting?&nbsp; Thri-Kreen?&nbsp; Again, I'll go back to the well of theme and tone.&nbsp; Could you run that War of the Wielded (where sentient weapons are fighting a long forgotten war against each other) adventure in Forgotten Realms?&nbsp; Yeah, probably.&nbsp; Would it fit?&nbsp; Kinda/sorta.&nbsp; It's not really what FR does very well.&nbsp; Would it work in Ravenloft?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; But, again, it's not really a good fit there.&nbsp; Even Eberron doesn't really fit very well since in Eberron, if you're going to do a &quot;past war&quot; themed adventure, it's obviously going to be tied to the Mournland and the Last War.&nbsp; You could make it fit, but, it would be a very different sort of adventure.Settings are driven by the story of the setting.&nbsp; Mechanics simply reflect that story.&nbsp; It's not &quot;I play Dragonlance because of the mechanics around the Knights of Solamnia&quot; it's &quot;I play Dragonlance because I want the stories that fit with Dragonlance and the mechanics of the Knights of Solamnia follow from those stories&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8702328, member: 22779"] To be fair, that's an argument you can make about just about any setting. Strip the backgrounds (where a significant percentage of setting flavor is found) out of any setting, and you're not left with very much. What does Darksun offer if you strip out all the backgrounds? A big desert setting? Thri-Kreen? Again, I'll go back to the well of theme and tone. Could you run that War of the Wielded (where sentient weapons are fighting a long forgotten war against each other) adventure in Forgotten Realms? Yeah, probably. Would it fit? Kinda/sorta. It's not really what FR does very well. Would it work in Ravenloft? Maybe. But, again, it's not really a good fit there. Even Eberron doesn't really fit very well since in Eberron, if you're going to do a "past war" themed adventure, it's obviously going to be tied to the Mournland and the Last War. You could make it fit, but, it would be a very different sort of adventure. Settings are driven by the story of the setting. Mechanics simply reflect that story. It's not "I play Dragonlance because of the mechanics around the Knights of Solamnia" it's "I play Dragonlance because I want the stories that fit with Dragonlance and the mechanics of the Knights of Solamnia follow from those stories". [/QUOTE]

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