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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3959313" data-attributes="member: 710">Points of Lights is an approach to explore a setting without having it over-detailed, and the term can be applied in mutliple ways.One part is - there are villages, towns and even cities that are safe. But between them, there is the unknown, danger. Are there really orcs living in the forest? What do they want, will they attack? The villages are the "Points of Light", but the things around them is undefined. It's probably dangerous, yes, but how so? Can we do something about it?Another part is - there is a "Serpent Eye tradition" - but who are members of it? Is it an academy? Is it just a school of thought? Do the practitioners share a common (sinister or good?) goal behind the magic itself? The ancient Empire that spawned the Tieflings, how did it look like? How many ruins are still standing? Why did the nobles found the survival of the empire worthy the risks of a devil pact? The whole concept of PoL is to give a few things that provide little concept, but can spark ideas and invite people to explore them.I can totally see that WotC will explore the setting in future adventures, but even these explorations are just one way to go. It's possible it ends in a fully fledged campaign setting, but it's not the only possible one.</blockquote>