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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6387795" data-attributes="member: 22779">See, that bolded part right there is why I don't want mythos included in the Monster Manual.&nbsp; That little tidbit is so campaign specific that it has no place in the core game, IMO.&nbsp; It creates all sorts of assumptions on the part of the player that aren't true.&nbsp; So, the home-brew DM has to go through every single thing with a fine tooth comb if he wants to avoid this kind of misunderstanding.&nbsp; The only reason elves hate orcs and vice versa is a hold over from Tolkien.&nbsp; It might be ret-conned in the game lore, but, that's the reason.&nbsp; There's no particular reason why orcs and elves have to hate each other, any more than there is any inherent reason why elves and dwarves should dislike each other.&nbsp; It's baggage that has been hanging around in the game for so long that people have internalised it to the point that it isn't even examined anymore.&nbsp; That's the difference between what and why.&nbsp; What is an orc?&nbsp; Well it's this and that.&nbsp; Fine, no problems.&nbsp; Why do orcs behave like this?&nbsp; Well, because their pre-defined god which only exists in official TSR/WOTC settings has issues with the other pre-defined god from official TSR/WOTC settings.See, I told you that I wasn't limited to just Planescape for this stuff.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6387795, member: 22779"] See, that bolded part right there is why I don't want mythos included in the Monster Manual. That little tidbit is so campaign specific that it has no place in the core game, IMO. It creates all sorts of assumptions on the part of the player that aren't true. So, the home-brew DM has to go through every single thing with a fine tooth comb if he wants to avoid this kind of misunderstanding. The only reason elves hate orcs and vice versa is a hold over from Tolkien. It might be ret-conned in the game lore, but, that's the reason. There's no particular reason why orcs and elves have to hate each other, any more than there is any inherent reason why elves and dwarves should dislike each other. It's baggage that has been hanging around in the game for so long that people have internalised it to the point that it isn't even examined anymore. That's the difference between what and why. What is an orc? Well it's this and that. Fine, no problems. Why do orcs behave like this? Well, because their pre-defined god which only exists in official TSR/WOTC settings has issues with the other pre-defined god from official TSR/WOTC settings. See, I told you that I wasn't limited to just Planescape for this stuff. :D [/QUOTE]

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