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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tlantl" data-source="post: 5854567" data-attributes="member: 55225">This might be all well and good for those of us who have past experience to fall back on, but what about the poor sod who is just learning the game and has nothing to base his character on. Or the neophyte DM who has to describe his world to those new players.I think the generic background of each race is necessary if for that reason alone. I seldom agree with the book's description of the races especially since each new iteration of the game changes the basic assumption of how the races work. I make it a point to let my players know the changes to the races I use and any other rules I use in play. Cultural differences between game worlds are one of the things that make each setting feel different from another. Leaving these rules out of the player's handbook would only serve to hinder new players and dungeon masters who don't have access to published game settings or don't have the time to flesh out their own game world.</blockquote>