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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3996498" data-attributes="member: 704">I agree with essentially every other post in this thread so far.I do not think there will ever be the traditional trappings of a D&amp;D setting.&nbsp; No published maps, no setting back story, no stock NPC names.&nbsp; There will also be no setting name, (as in Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Eberron).However, any game rules that would benefit from having a fleshed out description referring to a game world will probably use consistent place names.&nbsp; The only published material that will refer to the setting will be adventures that are setting agnostic, and the core rulebooks.&nbsp; This means that the implied setting will have the following.&nbsp;- Defined Regions (Bael Turath from the Tiefling origin)&nbsp;- A pantheon&nbsp;- Defined player races&nbsp;- Artifacts (any artifact that can be considered setting nonspecifc)&nbsp;- A pseudo history (Tiefling origin type stuff)Another way to look at it is that the implied setting will have all the information that a more specific setting tends to end up rewriting.&nbsp; Consider Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Eberron.&nbsp; There are plenty of differences between them, but they have common elements.&nbsp; They each have a primary 'world city' (Palanthas, Waterdeep, and Sharn).&nbsp; They all have different explanations for magic (3 gods of magic / moons, The Weave, and whatever the hell Eberron does).&nbsp; They have gods that fulfill similar functions.&nbsp; I expect the default setting will have much of that kind of information.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 3996498, member: 704"] I agree with essentially every other post in this thread so far. I do not think there will ever be the traditional trappings of a D&D setting. No published maps, no setting back story, no stock NPC names. There will also be no setting name, (as in Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Eberron). However, any game rules that would benefit from having a fleshed out description referring to a game world will probably use consistent place names. The only published material that will refer to the setting will be adventures that are setting agnostic, and the core rulebooks. This means that the implied setting will have the following. - Defined Regions (Bael Turath from the Tiefling origin) - A pantheon - Defined player races - Artifacts (any artifact that can be considered setting nonspecifc) - A pseudo history (Tiefling origin type stuff) Another way to look at it is that the implied setting will have all the information that a more specific setting tends to end up rewriting. Consider Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Eberron. There are plenty of differences between them, but they have common elements. They each have a primary 'world city' (Palanthas, Waterdeep, and Sharn). They all have different explanations for magic (3 gods of magic / moons, The Weave, and whatever the hell Eberron does). They have gods that fulfill similar functions. I expect the default setting will have much of that kind of information. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]

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