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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reaper Steve" data-source="post: 3795749" data-attributes="member: 51528">My guess, no offense, is because the group that feels it is important is very small. The old cosmology is not integral to D&D as a game or a concept. It may be integral to some grognards' campaigns, and they are free to keep using it. 4e doesn't mean, 'well, all that fun I hand for the last twenty years just got flushed down the toilet'...you still had the fun and the games and memories are still totally legit. And, you can keep it alive if your games if you want.But, IMO, the old cosmology is tired, bloated, and in desparate need of rethinking. Every time I've tried to get excited to start D&D again in the last decade, the initial excitement quickly wanes when I see all the old stuff that just doesn't cut it anymore.  I think a person of any age, be it 15, 25, 35, or even 45, introduced to the D&D Great Wheel cosmology today, would just go "huh?"Sure, I could ignore it, but when it gets to the point that more people than not are doing so, it doesn't make sense to keep it on life support. It is a much better idea to give a updated, semi-generic cosmology in the core books than it is to continue to propagate a very specific and 'unique' one than only appeals to a small group.One thing I am convinced of is that the people who want the old stuff to stay will not be swayed of their opinion, and that's fine. I just hope they realize that they can still use it even after 4e comes out.</blockquote>

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