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<blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 8122877" data-attributes="member: 9849">I quite like the inconsistent nature of the body of D&amp;D lore. I think of it as representing what different D&amp;D cultures have believed to be true at different times in history. Us humans have had a wide diversity of beliefs about &quot;how things are&quot; for most of our history, so the same can be true in the D&amp;D multiverse too.In game, I can also use the inconsistencies to deal with players who might want to rely on player knowledge over character knowledge. A player familiar with the cute almiraj from Tomb of Annihilation will be quite surprised to face one of the 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendium variations that use psionic powers to darken the sky, whip up winds, ignite and burn equipment, and float around with glowing red eyes.&quot;But that's not an almiraj,&quot; gets rebuffed with &quot;It's a pity that you didn't study the legends your people share of this unusual creature in more detail. If you had, you might have stumbled upon references to the subspecies known as abyss bunnies and been more prepared for this encounter.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Echohawk, post: 8122877, member: 9849"] I quite like the inconsistent nature of the body of D&D lore. I think of it as representing what different D&D cultures have believed to be true at different times in history. Us humans have had a wide diversity of beliefs about "how things are" for most of our history, so the same can be true in the D&D multiverse too. In game, I can also use the inconsistencies to deal with players who might want to rely on player knowledge over character knowledge. A player familiar with the cute almiraj from Tomb of Annihilation will be quite surprised to face one of the 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendium variations that use psionic powers to darken the sky, whip up winds, ignite and burn equipment, and float around with glowing red eyes. "But that's not an almiraj," gets rebuffed with "It's a pity that you didn't study the legends your people share of this unusual creature in more detail. If you had, you might have stumbled upon references to the subspecies known as abyss bunnies and been more prepared for this encounter." [/QUOTE]

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