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<blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 5915752" data-attributes="member: 6061">SAGA Presentation- No on the square books. Looked bad in stores and on my shelf.Forgotten Realms as default setting- again no. I think the problem with using any setting as the default is that it gets watered down by inclusivity of options not evident in the setting. It serves as a touchstone initially but then alienates fans. 3.0 greyhawk lite and altered was annoying. Why was Heironeus favoring a sword? Wee Jas hates undead. And Greyhawk does not have the same size fan base as FR, although I love it dearly.4E did the right thing a loose default setting initially labeled 'Points of Light' and then associated more with the Nentir Vale. It did not intrude and served as a decent introduction to creating a home brew setting. As the edition grew, the Vale expanded with it but did not overwhelm it. It struck a nice balance.So I say present a new undefined setting a loose collection of places to represent a new edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grimslade, post: 5915752, member: 6061"] SAGA Presentation- No on the square books. Looked bad in stores and on my shelf. Forgotten Realms as default setting- again no. I think the problem with using any setting as the default is that it gets watered down by inclusivity of options not evident in the setting. It serves as a touchstone initially but then alienates fans. 3.0 greyhawk lite and altered was annoying. Why was Heironeus favoring a sword? Wee Jas hates undead. And Greyhawk does not have the same size fan base as FR, although I love it dearly. 4E did the right thing a loose default setting initially labeled 'Points of Light' and then associated more with the Nentir Vale. It did not intrude and served as a decent introduction to creating a home brew setting. As the edition grew, the Vale expanded with it but did not overwhelm it. It struck a nice balance. So I say present a new undefined setting a loose collection of places to represent a new edition. [/QUOTE]

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