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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9810235" data-attributes="member: 7635">Those people ignore it like they ignore Golarion or Midguard. But the game itself builds upon that lore and everything is compatible with itself rather than contradicting itself. In less than a month, D&D released two player facing books (Heroes of Faerun and Forge of the Artificer) that, while mechanically are compatible, are miles apart as far as lore compatibly. I cannot build a kalashtar spellfire sorcerer with the mark of finding and is a member of the Harpers. Mechanically I can, but that is smashing conflicting lore all over the place. So it falls to the DM and player to figure out how those two books work together, if they are even both allowed. That shouldn't be necessary. A single default setting that both supplements were designed to work with would remove that guesswork. If the DM wanted to exclude an option, it would be for some reason other than lore inaccuracy. But I will agree with you on one thing: it's too late now. D&D has opted to support 11 settings, each with contradicting lore and unique mechanics. So D&D is going to be cursed with players who aren't going to be familiar with the nuance and think elves are the same on Krynn, Eberron and Athas. D&D has opted to be a mile wide and an inch deep, and it's too late to change that. So we just have to get used to the consequences.</blockquote>