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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8352830" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I would dispute that.</p><p></p><p>The bulk of the setting is absolutely in-line with default D&D assumptions. There are weird corners, but they're not representative of the setting as a whole.</p><p></p><p>Or do you mean the short chapter 2 description which reads:</p><p></p><p>"On <strong>Mystara</strong> (a heroic-fantasy world born out of the earliest editions of the D&D game), diverse cultures, savage monsters, and warring empires collide. The world is further shaped by the meddling of the Immortals — former adventurers raised to nearly divine status."</p><p></p><p>What about that would you dispute? I'm not a Mystara expert but that doesn't seem hugely out-of-line.</p><p></p><p>This is a really good summary!</p><p></p><p>I don't have anything to add yet, but it's particularly interesting because it does imply certain things, like if WotC did do a 5E Dark Sun, it would have Defilers - but the lack of mention of psionics (even as something like "strange powers") is perhaps revealing (esp. as back when the DMG was written WotC was thinking psionics would relatively soon be in 5E). Also Birthright gets a write-up, which I'd forgotten and is faintly surprising. Krynn is tied pretty specifically to the War of the Lance period too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8352830, member: 18"] I would dispute that. The bulk of the setting is absolutely in-line with default D&D assumptions. There are weird corners, but they're not representative of the setting as a whole. Or do you mean the short chapter 2 description which reads: "On [B]Mystara[/B] (a heroic-fantasy world born out of the earliest editions of the D&D game), diverse cultures, savage monsters, and warring empires collide. The world is further shaped by the meddling of the Immortals — former adventurers raised to nearly divine status." What about that would you dispute? I'm not a Mystara expert but that doesn't seem hugely out-of-line. This is a really good summary! I don't have anything to add yet, but it's particularly interesting because it does imply certain things, like if WotC did do a 5E Dark Sun, it would have Defilers - but the lack of mention of psionics (even as something like "strange powers") is perhaps revealing (esp. as back when the DMG was written WotC was thinking psionics would relatively soon be in 5E). Also Birthright gets a write-up, which I'd forgotten and is faintly surprising. Krynn is tied pretty specifically to the War of the Lance period too. [/QUOTE]
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