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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7720629" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>But, hang on. Isn't the point of playing in a world like this to use that shared language that people already know about the setting?</p><p></p><p>I know nothing about Lord Vulmoth. He's no different than any other home-brew baddy that I can make for my own home-brew setting world. Oh, we're in the Fringeworlds. Ok, a setting that no one knows anything about - because they aren't really detailed anywhere.</p><p></p><p>So, you've just made your Star Wars game into Generic Space Opera setting. Why am I bothering wading through thousands of pages of back story and whatnot? Why not just go full on home-brew if I'm not actually going to use any of the details from the setting?</p><p></p><p>IOW, what's the point of using a licensed setting if I'm ejecting 99% of that setting? This was the point in that horrendously long Forgotten Realms thread back a few months ago. Everyone points to the vast treasure trove of knowledge for these settings. BUT, for some of us, that's a NEGATIVE. Having an encyclopedia sized backlog of setting material completely turns me off of the setting. </p><p></p><p>I'M NOT INTERESTED IN READING THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF MATERIAL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN RUN IN A SETTING.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7720629, member: 22779"] But, hang on. Isn't the point of playing in a world like this to use that shared language that people already know about the setting? I know nothing about Lord Vulmoth. He's no different than any other home-brew baddy that I can make for my own home-brew setting world. Oh, we're in the Fringeworlds. Ok, a setting that no one knows anything about - because they aren't really detailed anywhere. So, you've just made your Star Wars game into Generic Space Opera setting. Why am I bothering wading through thousands of pages of back story and whatnot? Why not just go full on home-brew if I'm not actually going to use any of the details from the setting? IOW, what's the point of using a licensed setting if I'm ejecting 99% of that setting? This was the point in that horrendously long Forgotten Realms thread back a few months ago. Everyone points to the vast treasure trove of knowledge for these settings. BUT, for some of us, that's a NEGATIVE. Having an encyclopedia sized backlog of setting material completely turns me off of the setting. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN READING THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF MATERIAL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN RUN IN A SETTING. [/QUOTE]
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