Lofgeornost
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It's not something I'd argue for myself, but I'd guess the basic idea is that this is a setting with humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, and goblins/orcs, and the non-humans are treated as 'races' rather than some sort of fairy or supernatural creatures. All that comes out of Tolkien, but after D&D it had become so ubiquitous in RPGs that it's not a very firm connection. Certainly the political setup and basic metaphysics of the Old World are little or nothing like Middle Earth.I'm squinting really hard and I still don't see it. I've never heard this before and I'd be curious to hear the reasoning.