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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8781292" data-attributes="member: 93670">That's part of the problem.  The core rulebooks are littered with things like this one from[spoiler="phb24"]The Darkness of the DrowWere it not for one renowned exception, the race of drowwould be universally reviled. To most, they are a race ofdemon-worshiping marauders dwelling in the subterraneandepths of the Underdark, emerging only on the blackestnights to pillage and slaughter the surface dwellers theydespise. Their society is depraved and preoccupied with thefavor of Lolth, their spider-goddess, who sanctions murderand the extermination of entire families as noble housesvie for position.Yet one drow, at least, broke the mold. In the world of theForgotten Realms, Drizzt Do'Urden, ranger of the North, hasproven his quality as a good-hearted defender of the weakand innocent. Rejecting his heritage and adrift in a world thatlooks upon him with terror and loathing, Drizzt is a modelfor those few drow who follow in his footsteps, trying to finda life apart from the evil society of their Underdark homes.Drow grow up believing that surface-dwelling races areinferior, worthless except as slaves. Drow who develop aconscience or find it necessary to cooperate with members ofother races find it hard to overcome that prejudice, especiallywhen they are so often on the receiving end of hatred.[/spoiler]and are juxtaposed with things like the dmg gods of your world section that namedrops fr and others in sections where they are similar to FR only to switch to real world examples and vague generalities when moving into structures not present in FR but present in settings like eberron/darksun in very notable forms. This particular example is so extreme that xge18 actually includes a a sidebar extending the DMG gods of your world pantheon philosophy or force subsections.If your goal is to run a game with an fr or fr-like setting then it appears very generic yes.  If the GM's goal is to run a game with a setting that goes in different directions the gm is in for quite the task fighting the boatloads of FR lore in so many player facing areas while left with an empty void of things they could point at outside the setting book.  Eberron & darksun elves/halflings are quite different from FR & Greyhawk elves/halflings in ways that should be on the ground levels of low hanging fruit but players arrive already certain that what is written in the phb  & the associated lore is gospel for those two.FR is not just "default" it's fan service levels of "default"</blockquote>

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