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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 6416166" data-attributes="member: 6688277">It is more of a personal preference for me than determining what the practical difference is. In the 2e PHB (page 34) they presented Priests of Specific Mythoi without naming one deity but reflected spheres with possible granted powers for such spheres. In the welcome section (page 8) they refer and encourage the use of setting books, even naming FR and Greyhawk, Kara-Tur etc and that is generally where it stops. In 3e PHB (page 106) they presented the deities not as an option, but as "these are the deities of D&D". In 4e they did the same thing, but granted this was an entirely new take on D&D (from the mythos to the mechanics), IMO. I would suggest reflecting the domains/spheres and associated powers with no mention of deity names - I understand this is my personal preference. World setting has generally been viewed as part of the DM's workload, and that is why it is found within the DMG. Deities form part of the world setting and creation process - so if there are any possible deity names to be mentioned for the various D&D settings they would need to be included in the DMG with a reference to their specific setting books should one require more info.In the MM under setting monsters such as the Death Knight I expect to see an info coloured block referencing Lord Soth of Krynn. This I view as setting-light.Honestly, I haven't purchased the books as yet, waiting for the DMG to be released before purchasing them in one go, so I cannot provide an appropriate comment either way. But I imagine 5e's approach would have to be all inclusive given their primary objective. I have no issue with descriptive text/blocks.As a final note, I found the 2e The Complete Book of Elves was excellent in its approach when trying to cover something specific as Elven Mythos/History for the various settings, but yet remain viable for homebrewed worlds. I imagine @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=22779" target="_blank">Hussar</a> would be accepting of a similar style book of the Planes.</blockquote>

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