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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7717789" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>And I ask, how does that affect the default? Even if nothing but the 3 core books made any reference to anything outside of Faerun, it still would not meet the definition of default unless it, you know, met the definition of default. I didn't give the definition, I'm just agreeing with it.</p><p></p><p>The PHB provides examples of character creation that are from campaign settings other than the multiverse. If someone only had only read and been exposed to the core game books, and you told them that the Forgotten Realms were the default setting, they would ask how in the world you got that, since the books quite clearly disagree. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you aren't stating a particular setting in what context? A group of new D&D players who just picked up the PHB, DMG, and MM and are starting a game? Because that is the default of D&D.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's the setting they publish most supplements in, so I suppose you could say it's the default supplement setting. But that doesn't make it the default D&D setting. And as far as the designers at WotC...you'd probably be surprised what they use for their home games.</p><p></p><p>It's also factually incorrect to say that it is the focus of every example used. Here is what is in the books:</p><p>"Orb of Dragonkind, wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement): Ages past, on the world of Krynn..." -DMG p.225</p><p></p><p>It goes on to fill over a columns worth of text on a Dragonlance item with no mention of the Forgotten Realms anywhere. I just picked that one because its the first that came to mind. And of course there is Tika and Artemis in the Backgrounds chapter in the PHB, where Tika (Dragonlance) gets just as much focus as Artemis (Forgotten Realms).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've made a factual argument, using an agreed upon definition of the term default. I've provide the actual text in question. And what I'm seeing in response are a shifting the goalpost fallacy.</p><p></p><p>Since we all seem to be reasonable people, perhaps we are arguing from a different set of assumptions.</p><p></p><p>Would you disagree that the core rulebooks set the D&D defaults?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7717789, member: 6677017"] And I ask, how does that affect the default? Even if nothing but the 3 core books made any reference to anything outside of Faerun, it still would not meet the definition of default unless it, you know, met the definition of default. I didn't give the definition, I'm just agreeing with it. The PHB provides examples of character creation that are from campaign settings other than the multiverse. If someone only had only read and been exposed to the core game books, and you told them that the Forgotten Realms were the default setting, they would ask how in the world you got that, since the books quite clearly disagree. If you aren't stating a particular setting in what context? A group of new D&D players who just picked up the PHB, DMG, and MM and are starting a game? Because that is the default of D&D. It's the setting they publish most supplements in, so I suppose you could say it's the default supplement setting. But that doesn't make it the default D&D setting. And as far as the designers at WotC...you'd probably be surprised what they use for their home games. It's also factually incorrect to say that it is the focus of every example used. Here is what is in the books: "Orb of Dragonkind, wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement): Ages past, on the world of Krynn..." -DMG p.225 It goes on to fill over a columns worth of text on a Dragonlance item with no mention of the Forgotten Realms anywhere. I just picked that one because its the first that came to mind. And of course there is Tika and Artemis in the Backgrounds chapter in the PHB, where Tika (Dragonlance) gets just as much focus as Artemis (Forgotten Realms). I've made a factual argument, using an agreed upon definition of the term default. I've provide the actual text in question. And what I'm seeing in response are a shifting the goalpost fallacy. Since we all seem to be reasonable people, perhaps we are arguing from a different set of assumptions. Would you disagree that the core rulebooks set the D&D defaults? [/QUOTE]
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