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<blockquote data-quote="Primal" data-source="post: 4064329" data-attributes="member: 30678">Yes, it draws on various inspirations, but I don't think you can draw *exact* comparisons with RW. And I wouldn't explain this concept to anyone as &quot;You know, kind of like the Old West, except with something from the Greek City States and yet the mythology from Iron Age Ireland . It's almost as accurate to state that &quot;You know, sort of like crossbreed between 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Wheel of Time', but only without Aragorn or Frodo, but your characters are like Rand Al'Thor or Mat Cauthon. And yeah, a lot of Darkness but no Dark Lord or Sauron and no trolloks but orcs.&quot;On your second paragraph -- I agree. Yet here's the thing: the concept itself is pretty *narrow*, but it allows for broad interpretation and variance if you want to. That's not the point here. I think it's pretty relevant how WoTC defines this concept, because that's more or less how it will be presented in the rule books and published adventures. Of course, if you only buy the first core books and rewrite the basic premise of this concept to suit your own hombrewed setting and adventures, it's not necessarily relevant to you at all. Really? I thought these installments were about building your own 4E 'Points of Light' setting, and which kind of adventures you could run there, because it's usually pretty relevant to consider how and why you can link your adventure to the setting (and the PCs), right? Of course, this depends on your DMing style and your players. In some groups it'd just fine if the DM just said: &quot;You all live in a small village and now that you're entering adulthood you guys need to go through a Coming of Age-ritual at this huge chasm. So you get there.&quot; And this is just fine -- it just doesn't work for me or my players. And I'd dare guess that there others who feel the same way. So I happen to like world-building and detailing my setting, which you apparently do not. Neither of us are right or wrong -- it's just a matter of differences in style and preferences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Primal, post: 4064329, member: 30678"] Yes, it draws on various inspirations, but I don't think you can draw *exact* comparisons with RW. And I wouldn't explain this concept to anyone as "You know, kind of like the Old West, except with something from the Greek City States and yet the mythology from Iron Age Ireland . It's almost as accurate to state that "You know, sort of like crossbreed between 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Wheel of Time', but only without Aragorn or Frodo, but your characters are like Rand Al'Thor or Mat Cauthon. And yeah, a lot of Darkness but no Dark Lord or Sauron and no trolloks but orcs." On your second paragraph -- I agree. Yet here's the thing: the concept itself is pretty *narrow*, but it allows for broad interpretation and variance if you want to. That's not the point here. I think it's pretty relevant how WoTC defines this concept, because that's more or less how it will be presented in the rule books and published adventures. Of course, if you only buy the first core books and rewrite the basic premise of this concept to suit your own hombrewed setting and adventures, it's not necessarily relevant to you at all. Really? I thought these installments were about building your own 4E 'Points of Light' setting, and which kind of adventures you could run there, because it's usually pretty relevant to consider how and why you can link your adventure to the setting (and the PCs), right? Of course, this depends on your DMing style and your players. In some groups it'd just fine if the DM just said: "You all live in a small village and now that you're entering adulthood you guys need to go through a Coming of Age-ritual at this huge chasm. So you get there." And this is just fine -- it just doesn't work for me or my players. And I'd dare guess that there others who feel the same way. So I happen to like world-building and detailing my setting, which you apparently do not. Neither of us are right or wrong -- it's just a matter of differences in style and preferences. [/QUOTE]

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