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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9321972" data-attributes="member: 58172">There are cosmic settings: how planes if any or planetary systems relate to each other.There are world settings: the assumptions of a planet or plane.There are regional settings: the local city and its wider area of influence, or a comparable area with a specific group of cultures within the region.For me, &quot;Forgotten Realms&quot; is a cosmic worldview that includes many planes of existence. Faerun is a continent on the planet of Toril, where most of the adventures take place. A regional setting like Drow Menzoberranzan is just one city with its Underdark hinterland there. The Feywild overlaps it with Crossings back and forth. The Astral dominions connect to its religious sites. And so on.Heh. Sticking with FR as the default is a done deal.I think it is almost funny to think WotC would do anything else except FR.FR includes things that I appreciate, but it also has things that rub me the wrong way. So I have mixed feelings about FR.Then again, maybe because FR is the default, its problematic aspects are smoothing away under scrutiny. Species and cultures are becoming more sensitive and diverse. Religious possibilities more openended and culturally diverse. Nontheism and theism are equally viable. How superheroes fit into a mundane medievalesque, more thoughtful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9321972, member: 58172"] There are cosmic settings: how planes if any or planetary systems relate to each other. There are world settings: the assumptions of a planet or plane. There are regional settings: the local city and its wider area of influence, or a comparable area with a specific group of cultures within the region. For me, "Forgotten Realms" is a cosmic worldview that includes many planes of existence. Faerun is a continent on the planet of Toril, where most of the adventures take place. A regional setting like Drow Menzoberranzan is just one city with its Underdark hinterland there. The Feywild overlaps it with Crossings back and forth. The Astral dominions connect to its religious sites. And so on. Heh. Sticking with FR as the default is a done deal. I think it is almost funny to think WotC would do anything else except FR. FR includes things that I appreciate, but it also has things that rub me the wrong way. So I have mixed feelings about FR. Then again, maybe because FR is the default, its problematic aspects are smoothing away under scrutiny. Species and cultures are becoming more sensitive and diverse. Religious possibilities more openended and culturally diverse. Nontheism and theism are equally viable. How superheroes fit into a mundane medievalesque, more thoughtful. [/QUOTE]

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