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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 5812887" data-attributes="member: 32536">I've got to wonder... How is a default setting supposed to appeal to new DMs and players? As a whole, people new to the hobby are not going to be idiots or suffer from an deficient imagination. For the most part, tabletop gaming is going to appeal to those who enjoy exercising their imagination, since those who don't wish to do so have much better choices elsewhere. Creating new worlds and game settings is part of the appeal of the game, especially for new DMs.There is certainly value in discussing what are the needs of settings and providing some sample concepts in the DM's books, and providing inspiring fluff throughout the game, but that is all that is needed. A default setting just gets in the way, and does little to help. Generally, newer players who actually need that level of guidance are better off with adventures and setting books, rather than the scattered and vague information that chokes up the 4E books.This is both never going to happen and a goal that makes no sense to me. There are no shared experiences in this hobby. That's part of why we argue all the time. I know I have no almost common ground whatsoever with many posters here. What's more, a default setting certainly isn't going to create such a thing, since it is so easily ignored and tends to be so weakly detailed that it really doesn't work as a foundation for common ground even if it were not ignored.Again, this is what adventures and setting books are for. A default setting in the style of 4E won't really help with this, and it just causes problems for people who prefer to make their own settings.There is a big difference between having story in the game and having things like a default setting. The stories I'm interested in are not going to be told by WotC (or any other publisher, most likely), so I'd prefer it if they stop trying to tell me one and instead help me create my own.</blockquote>

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