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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 5771062" data-attributes="member: 27160">One thing occurs to me that I don't think has been done in any previous edition, but that recently increasingly jars on me:- There is a 'default game world' hard-coded into the initial rules set.In AD&D we had, essentially, Greyhawk - and again in 3.X. And kinda in 2e. In 4E we had PoLand. But doing this - especially changing it - causes unnecessary friction and hassle for a DM who wants to design and run his or her own world setting (within the D&D system parameters).The stuff I'm thinking about primarily comes down to the gods, the cosmology and the alignment system. Maybe also the equipment lists - although standard types of weapons and armour are arguably required for the system/powers themselves.I would much rather see "Divine Domains", rules for codifying planes of existence, rules for defining deities and suggestions for alignment systems included in the core rules. By all means, give a baseline set of examples in each area, to give everyone a "starter for ten" on their first time out with the new system and to give a baseline for the generic adventures, but please give the generic rules for this stuff from the word 'go!'</blockquote>