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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6385762" data-attributes="member: 2067">I agree that &quot;default assumptions&quot; become problematic, but I wouldn't say the solution is a more generic approach.See, rather than the Great Wheel Is The One True Cosmology, I would prefer a solution that is arguably more PS-y in its nature:There is an infinity of True Cosmologies.The Great Wheel is an example, but so is, I dunno, Eberron's Orrey, or the World Axis. Mutually exclusive, the rules shouldn't assume any one, and use them all as they see fit.So you don't have to choose between Gerneric Bland Kobold Stat Block and Kobolds Are Dragon-Worshiping Lizard-Creatures, without an option for Kobolds Are Dog-Headed Rat-Tailed Varmints. Rather, you have Kobolds Are Dragon-Worshiping Lizard-Creatures and you also have Kobolds Are Dog-Headed Rat-Tailed Varmints and which one you have depends on what you actually need for the particular entry you're writing. If you're just whacking some heads in a dark cave, they can be varmints, and if you're trying for a bigger dragon-based plotline, they can be dragon-cultists, and heck, in one game they might even be both depending on their &quot;subrace.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6385762, member: 2067"] I agree that "default assumptions" become problematic, but I wouldn't say the solution is a more generic approach. See, rather than the Great Wheel Is The One True Cosmology, I would prefer a solution that is arguably more PS-y in its nature: [B]There is an infinity of True Cosmologies[/B]. The Great Wheel is an example, but so is, I dunno, Eberron's Orrey, or the World Axis. Mutually exclusive, the rules shouldn't assume any one, and use them all as they see fit. So you don't have to choose between Gerneric Bland Kobold Stat Block and Kobolds Are Dragon-Worshiping Lizard-Creatures, without an option for Kobolds Are Dog-Headed Rat-Tailed Varmints. Rather, you have Kobolds Are Dragon-Worshiping Lizard-Creatures and you also have Kobolds Are Dog-Headed Rat-Tailed Varmints and which one you have depends on what you actually need for the particular entry you're writing. If you're just whacking some heads in a dark cave, they can be varmints, and if you're trying for a bigger dragon-based plotline, they can be dragon-cultists, and heck, in one game they might even be both depending on their "subrace." [/QUOTE]

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