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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 5813088" data-attributes="member: 11697">The snark is powerful with this oneI think there should be, even if only in the most superficial way. I really -really- want to see the Great Wheel as a default cosmology for 5e, because it served as the game's default cosmology for three editions of the game, and by having the common terminology and tropes it provides, you have the D&amp;D community by extension sharing a lot of experiences.That was the case till 4e anyways when they provided a different, incredibly intrusive default cosmology and world design into the mix that retconned its way into every setting. No longer could I talk about eladrin, archons, devas, and other creatures online and be sure that I was even talking about the same thing as other folks. That disconnect is a big problem, and one that I truly want to go away for 5e.I don't mean that the core book should go into crazy detail on the Great Wheel, but provide just enough surface detail that we're all starting from the same basic definitions. Each campaign setting can then go into details on them and describe differences from the default as it so deigns, rather than the 4e 'hey guess what, FR has a new, new cosmology... again, and its always been this way, again' and 'suddenly feywild and shadow shadow bo badow for Dark Sun'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 5813088, member: 11697"] [b]The snark is powerful with this one[/b] I think there should be, even if only in the most superficial way. I really -really- want to see the Great Wheel as a default cosmology for 5e, because it served as the game's default cosmology for three editions of the game, and by having the common terminology and tropes it provides, you have the D&D community by extension sharing a lot of experiences. That was the case till 4e anyways when they provided a different, incredibly intrusive default cosmology and world design into the mix that retconned its way into every setting. No longer could I talk about eladrin, archons, devas, and other creatures online and be sure that I was even talking about the same thing as other folks. That disconnect is a big problem, and one that I truly want to go away for 5e. I don't mean that the core book should go into crazy detail on the Great Wheel, but provide just enough surface detail that we're all starting from the same basic definitions. Each campaign setting can then go into details on them and describe differences from the default as it so deigns, rather than the 4e 'hey guess what, FR has a new, new cosmology... again, and its always been this way, again' and 'suddenly feywild and shadow shadow bo badow for Dark Sun'. [/QUOTE]

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