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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 3976262" data-attributes="member: 7394">Damn you all for making me dig out my books. It turns out that the rules themselves do not in fact state that the Forgotten Realms is the default setting. There is an interesting passage in the Foreword in the redesigned PHB, which was released in 1995, in which Steve Winters says thus, &quot;Since 2nd Edition was released, the AD&amp;D game has grown in ways we never anticipated. We've traveled to a multitude of fabulous worlds, from the misty horror of Ravenloft, to the bazaars of Al-Qadim, and across the burning face of Dark Sun. Now the endless horizons of Planescape beckon to us, and beyond event hat we see spearpoints and banners waving above the gathering armies of Birthright. And of coursem presiding over it all is the grand and legendary Forgotten Realms.&quot;&quot;Presiding over&quot; would imply that it is the default setting, or at least the most important one. I do realize that by that time they had taken the position in other publications that FR was default, and that was written a mere two years before TSR's demise, so at that time they were doing anything to push more product out the door (including releasing a new design of exactly the same set of rules).Looking at these relics really brings a lot of things back, like how horrid the art was in the core 2nd edition books. Blech!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 3976262, member: 7394"] Damn you all for making me dig out my books. It turns out that the rules themselves do not in fact state that the Forgotten Realms is the default setting. There is an interesting passage in the Foreword in the redesigned PHB, which was released in 1995, in which Steve Winters says thus, "Since 2nd Edition was released, the AD&D game has grown in ways we never anticipated. We've traveled to a multitude of fabulous worlds, from the misty horror of Ravenloft, to the bazaars of Al-Qadim, and across the burning face of Dark Sun. Now the endless horizons of Planescape beckon to us, and beyond event hat we see spearpoints and banners waving above the gathering armies of Birthright. And of coursem presiding over it all is the grand and legendary Forgotten Realms." "Presiding over" would imply that it is the default setting, or at least the most important one. I do realize that by that time they had taken the position in other publications that FR was default, and that was written a mere two years before TSR's demise, so at that time they were doing anything to push more product out the door (including releasing a new design of exactly the same set of rules). Looking at these relics really brings a lot of things back, like how horrid the art was in the core 2nd edition books. Blech! [/QUOTE]

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