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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7717539" data-attributes="member: 6677017">Sure, but that definition doesn't fit 5e.The PHB (and other core books) reference multiple worlds. Here's a quote from the Basic Rules (same as the PHB) in the selection on races (the High Elf sub-race entry to be specifid), where you are creating your character. If there were a default, it should probably show up here:"As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. In many of the worlds of D&D, there are two kinds of high elves. One type (which includes the gray elves and valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves. The other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans and other races. The sun elves of Faerûn (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blond. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves (also called silver elves or gray elves) [of Faerun] are much paler, with alabaster skin sometimes tinged with blue. They often have hair of silver-white, black, or blue, but various shades of blond, brown, and red are not uncommon. Their eyes are blue or green and flecked with gold."The only default I can find in there is the "many worlds of D&D". Sure, the second paragraph focuses on the Forgotten Realms, but there is nothing in there that implies that you are playing a Forgotten Realms high elf as a preselected option unless you specify another alternative.The entire core rulebooks, including PHB, DMG, MM, and even Volo's Guide to Monsters are exactly the same. Now, the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide is a Forgotten Realms product, and everything in there is Forgotten Realms by default.The mega-adventures are set in the Forgotten Realms by default (except for Curse of Strahd). Tales from the Yawning Portal has a fairly weak default Forgotten Realms introduction (with a Greyhawk alternative), though the adventures themselves each either default to their original setting (with options for setting them in other worlds) or have no default (only options) given. This means that only one of the seven adventures (Dead in Thay) is set in the Forgotten Realms by default, compared to three set in Greyhawk, and three more that were originally Greyhawk (but given no default in this presentation).There is a focus on the Forgotten realms in mega-adventures, organized play, and transmedia, and there is one non-adventure book (SCAG) that is an explicitly Forgotten Realms product. But nothing else (except for the TftYP intro, and maybe the VGtM intro if you want to force it) defaults to the Forgotten Realms.It is factually incorrect to state that the Forgotten Realms is the default setting for 5e D&D.</blockquote>

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