I completely agree with this. The more #5e became a kitchen sink setting, the more I bounced off it.
Personally, I think core rulebooks plus one is a GOOD limit on a game (eg, core books plus Eberron). Anything more than that starts to dilute the world.
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Constraints create REALLY interesting choices and foster creativity, while kitchen sink settings and stories are frequently going to produce generic, more-of-the-same boring power builds and nonspecific role- and gameplay.
