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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6023263" data-attributes="member: 6688937">none of the aboveThe correct answer is &quot;Whatever your group is running.&quot;I voted &quot;no default setting&quot;, but really, it goes way deeper than that.The rules and advice, especially for DMs, should always be written and developed with the idea that you will be creating your own settings. Advice on how to make it interesting in a variety of ways is far more welcome than any unwanted &quot;default&quot; setting information....and, no. I don't think it makes the DMs job any easier to have &quot;default&quot; examples lying around. If you are a DM without the time/experience/desire to make up a setting from whole cloth, its easier and better (IME) to start with a very simple &quot;world&quot; and grow from there while meeting the needs of the group and story as it develops. (A DMG advice chapter on such extemporaneous world-building would be peachy.) Secondly, if you are the type of DM that has such a world in mind, disentangling the &quot;default&quot; stuff from the rules is nothing but a hassle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6023263, member: 6688937"] [b]none of the above[/b] The correct answer is "Whatever your group is running." I voted "no default setting", but really, it goes way deeper than that. The rules and advice, especially for DMs, should always be written and developed with the idea that you will be creating your own settings. Advice on how to make it interesting in a variety of ways is far more welcome than any unwanted "default" setting information. ...and, no. I don't think it makes the DMs job any easier to have "default" examples lying around. If you are a DM without the time/experience/desire to make up a setting from whole cloth, its easier and better (IME) to start with a very simple "world" and grow from there while meeting the needs of the group and story as it develops. (A DMG advice chapter on such extemporaneous world-building would be peachy.) Secondly, if you [I]are[/I] the type of DM that has such a world in mind, disentangling the "default" stuff from the rules is nothing but a hassle. [/QUOTE]

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