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Yeah, I'm a little befuddled by the "People need examples!" counter-point.
Of course people need examples. That's why I'm specifically advocating for examples -- things that you can use if you don't have other ideas. That's what they're there for. Opt-in things you can opt into if you don't have other ideas.
What is unnecessary is to assume that any one of those examples is used in everyone's games, to change the dynamic to opt-out. That is of dubious benefit, and of potential harm, to those playing the game, and to those designing the game.
You know how 4e provided monster maths and then also example monsters? Kind of the same idea. 5e should provide underlying guidelines for building a cosmology, and also several different examples of ways to build them.
Of course people need examples. That's why I'm specifically advocating for examples -- things that you can use if you don't have other ideas. That's what they're there for. Opt-in things you can opt into if you don't have other ideas.
What is unnecessary is to assume that any one of those examples is used in everyone's games, to change the dynamic to opt-out. That is of dubious benefit, and of potential harm, to those playing the game, and to those designing the game.
You know how 4e provided monster maths and then also example monsters? Kind of the same idea. 5e should provide underlying guidelines for building a cosmology, and also several different examples of ways to build them.