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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8424621" data-attributes="member: 7023887"><p>I agree that it's a pretty standard fantasy world, but it does have quite a few more special things going for it, being:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">How it treats the different races. It doesn't have the problematic treatment of Drow, Orcs, Gnolls, and similar races that Greyhawk, FR, or Mystara have. It's a kitchen sink, and it's fair to the different races in it. And unlike Eberron, which just says "Hey, you can include this race if you want, but you have to figure it out", it has a clear spot in the world for nearly every D&D 5e race from both the PHB and Volo's Guide to Monsters. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Gods are locked away. This lets the Lesser Idols/Demigods take the spotlight, and although the gods objectively exist (unlike Eberron and Ravnica), they're not as present as they are in the Forgotten Realms. This lets players have fun in the world without godly meddling. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It's new, so it doesn't have a ton of lore bogging it down. Sure, it has the hundreds-of-episodes show if you really want to watch that, but they're not essential to playing in the world. It just has way less lore that you have to wrap your head around, which is a huge boon that it has over the Forgotten Realms and even Eberron. </li> </ol><p>So, yes, it's pretty standard, but it does have quite a few things about it that none of the other official 5e settings have going for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8424621, member: 7023887"] I agree that it's a pretty standard fantasy world, but it does have quite a few more special things going for it, being: [LIST=1] [*]How it treats the different races. It doesn't have the problematic treatment of Drow, Orcs, Gnolls, and similar races that Greyhawk, FR, or Mystara have. It's a kitchen sink, and it's fair to the different races in it. And unlike Eberron, which just says "Hey, you can include this race if you want, but you have to figure it out", it has a clear spot in the world for nearly every D&D 5e race from both the PHB and Volo's Guide to Monsters. [*]The Gods are locked away. This lets the Lesser Idols/Demigods take the spotlight, and although the gods objectively exist (unlike Eberron and Ravnica), they're not as present as they are in the Forgotten Realms. This lets players have fun in the world without godly meddling. [*]It's new, so it doesn't have a ton of lore bogging it down. Sure, it has the hundreds-of-episodes show if you really want to watch that, but they're not essential to playing in the world. It just has way less lore that you have to wrap your head around, which is a huge boon that it has over the Forgotten Realms and even Eberron. [/LIST] So, yes, it's pretty standard, but it does have quite a few things about it that none of the other official 5e settings have going for them. [/QUOTE]
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