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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 9811577" data-attributes="member: 710">Dragonborns were in the original PoL setting. But the Goliaths came in PHB 2, but that means they are not as well-integrated in the story as Dragonborn, Tiefling or even Halflings. (And the lore basically is: They are usually isolated, living underground, hostile to Giants that often enslave Goliaths for being stronger than humans and due the convenience of also living in mountaineous areas.) So it's basically the same problem as Forgotten Realms (and that's just within one edition! Though at least we know about their relations, and whilte t heir place isn't as strongly defined perhaps, ultimately, the PHB 1 races are not that different in detail, though the supplements before PHB 2 and after still probably add more details to them than the PHB 2 races).That said, the PoL setting isn't a setting like Forgotten Realms or Eberron where you have dedicated source books detailing it. It's an "implied setting", you piece together the stuff in various lore elements strewn into the various rulebooks. It's definitely serves a different purpose than a fully-fledged setting, creating a lot of space for potential adventure and to make up your own historical facts about major parts of the world. Heck, the most detailed area is basically just the Nentir Vale, a single region.</blockquote>