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** Additionally, a similar question involving the ''[[Planescape]]'' campaign setting is one regarding the true nature of Sigil's ruler/guardian, the Lady of Pain. A straight answer has never been given, other than a novel hinting that she has ties to the Greek pantheon of gods. The most direct answer simply states that she was inspired by the title character of Algernon Swinburne's poem "Dolores".
*** Incidentally, unlike the ''[[Eberron]]'' scenario, which it's stated explicitly that it is the [[Game Master|DMs]] call to provide an explanation for the various mysteries, ''Planescape'' encouraged [[Game Master|DMs]] to leave such questions regarding the Lady of Pain and various other multiversal enigmas deliberately unanswered, to maintain the setting's particular ethos.
** Similarly, the nature and identity of ''[[Ravenloft]]'''s Dark Powers are usually kept mysterious. The novel that didn't do this [[Canon Discontinuity|has since been ignored]] in large part because the explanation it gave was phenomenally '''[[Plot Hole|stupid]]'''<ref>Claiming Ravenloft was meant to house a particular, relatively unimportant, Darklord despite existing long before that Darklord came around, among many other issues.</ref>. While some fans reject the 3rd edition ''Ravenloft'' products (as, among other things, they were outsourced to another company), they did make this policy explicit in the printed material: the Dark Powers have no canonical true nature, and DMs should do whatever they want with no worries.
* Steve Jackson of [[Steve Jackson Games]] (the creators of ''[[GURPS]]'') has been known to answer obscure questions about his games with "Fnord." (A reference to the ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy, which has gotten ''many'' [[Shout-Out]]s in SJG products.)
** Given the sensitive nature of the subject matter (religion) in the ''[[In Nomine]]'' roleplaying game from Steve Jackson Games, many topics are what the Line Editor officially refers to as matters of "Canon Doubt and Uncertainty". Each individual DM is supposed to come up with their own answers to such questions as "Was Jesus Christ really the Son of God?", "What is Eli up to?" and "Is Yves really God in a George Burns suit?", and the official game material has never and will never address the issue directly.
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