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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vecna00" data-source="post: 7755486" data-attributes="member: 23630">One thing to keep in mind, every setting is a product of the edition it was written for. In discussions about campaign settings, someone will always say "X doesn't belong in Y setting, because it was never there." Of course it was never there, because either it wasn't thought of yet or it wasn't part of the ruleset. Examples include: "Gnome paladins in Greyhawk are unheard of, sorcerers don't belong in Dark Sun, dwarves can't be wizards, dragonborn/tieflings/etc don't belong in Mystara." It's not that these things don't belong, they just didn't exist before or the rules didn't allow it to exist.The way that WotC seems to be approaching things, if it's in the PHB, then it will most likely be in a campaign setting they revisit. They may say that something is rare or almost unheard of, but they won't say "You can't do the thing, because you're not allowed!"  I've tried to take this approach when I worked on some conversions of Birthright and Dark Sun, because I know it's the approach WotC will take.  And really, there's nothing wrong with that!It goes without saying, no one can tell you what to do at your table.  If you don't want these things, you don't have to use them.  Also, this isn't meant to call anyone out or tell anyone they're wrong.  This is simply just something I've realized, but have never really said out loud.</blockquote>