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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 6744494" data-attributes="member: 17607">I'll agree with this as far as the setting information in the first two-thirds of the book goes; it makes sense to me to allow characters from any season to worship any of the deities listed in the book, or to allow a character who takes the Far Traveller background to use the info about various far-flung locations described in the book to inform their understanding of that character's home region.With respect to the rules content in the back third of the book, though, I think if the WotC team made the announcement that the material was usable in any season, or even in multiple seasons going forward, it would be a vote of no-confidence in the admins' 'storyline season' concept -- this is literally the first chance that WotC has to demonstrate what the restricting of rules material to specific storyline seasons is intended to do, and if the decision is made to basically short-circuit the process by allowing players to combo-up rules items from the PH, Elemental Evil Player's Guide, and SCAG, it would be a bad sign for the idea that rules elements should be 'firewalled' to prevent abuse, or even the idea that preventing abuse is something the campaign should be concerned with.It may seem hyperbolic, but I consider the idea of a genasi swordmage with Greenflame Blade to be the canary in the coal mine with respect to limiting abuse and discouraging optimization in Adventurers League -- if the upcoming announcement allows that combination, I think it will prove to be a mistake of significant proportion, not for the combination itself, but for what it says about how the people at the top of the food chain view the campaign.--Pauper</blockquote>

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