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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SigmaOne" data-source="post: 6659473" data-attributes="member: 6748799">The biggest problem I have with this is that it's meaningless to people who are new to the game.  As with many things in 5e, it assumes you have some familiarity with the history of D&D. People new to the game won't. Far Realms? Just a couple of words. See also: creating four adventure paths in the Forgotten Realms without having released a FR setting guide, referencing various gods, etc within those adventures with no explanation. It's a tactic that implicitly involves relying on Google to fill in all the gaps for people who buy the product, assuming new players will figure all this stuff out. Maybe some players will stumble on DriveThruRPG and pick up an old PDF of the setting, but most won't, even if they do find out about it.   It's disconcerting. Anyway, I think this fluff should be provided as a potential explanation, along with others, such as specifically spelling out those for Dark Sun and Eberron, which already have explanations that should remain unadulterated. Fluff is good, but built in fluff that reigns in creativity, enforces a particular setting, or references intellectual property that isn't common knowledge, should be avoided.Edit: That said, it's good that it is only fluff and can be ignored.</blockquote>