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Looking to buy my 1st campaign setting - advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="buddhafrog" data-source="post: 5314199" data-attributes="member: 86605"><p>After a 20 year layoff, I've gotten back to playing D&D (4e) with a vengeance this past year. I DM several games a week for mostly middle school advanced Korean ESL students. I use all home-brew settings, most of which are not too complex. When I played decades ago, we used only home-brews as well. </p><p></p><p>Thinking I needed a way to save time and keep my multiple games/week straight, I bought a digital pre-made adventure to try with one of my groups. It went completely off story quickly. Maybe more practice would make it easier for me.</p><p></p><p>So I began thinking that maybe buying a campaign setting would be good to try. I would have to keep only one world in mind, although with various stories happening in different locations. Having set locations, cities, rulers, etc might be very helpful indeed.</p><p></p><p>I started researching 4e settings and their are several to choose from. I live overseas and can't look through any hard copies but can find tons of reviews online. Here too, there are many popular threads about which setting has been your favorite. They aren't helping me too much. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm :-S" data-shortname=":-S" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Red">I'd love your advice:</span> </span> </p><p></p><p>What setting would you recommend?</p><p></p><p>Before you tell me War of the Burning Sky Sage - which sounds awesome! - I think the storyline would be too hard for some of my ESL students.</p><p></p><p>Dark Sun sounds awesome, but I think it might be too out there for a base setting, no? I'm thinking traditional Lord of the Rings fantasy, although I generally prefer a little less magic, and little more grit. I can't quite grasp the almost industrial age setting of Eberron, though it sounds interesting - is it very different? Would Forgotten Realms be too magic-focused? Greyhawk....</p><p></p><p>Sorry for my ignorance. If you care to give your two cents, hopefully it will help inspire these excited and open-minded Korean students in the world of D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddhafrog, post: 5314199, member: 86605"] After a 20 year layoff, I've gotten back to playing D&D (4e) with a vengeance this past year. I DM several games a week for mostly middle school advanced Korean ESL students. I use all home-brew settings, most of which are not too complex. When I played decades ago, we used only home-brews as well. Thinking I needed a way to save time and keep my multiple games/week straight, I bought a digital pre-made adventure to try with one of my groups. It went completely off story quickly. Maybe more practice would make it easier for me. So I began thinking that maybe buying a campaign setting would be good to try. I would have to keep only one world in mind, although with various stories happening in different locations. Having set locations, cities, rulers, etc might be very helpful indeed. I started researching 4e settings and their are several to choose from. I live overseas and can't look through any hard copies but can find tons of reviews online. Here too, there are many popular threads about which setting has been your favorite. They aren't helping me too much. :-S [COLOR="Blue"][COLOR="Red"]I'd love your advice:[/COLOR] [/COLOR] What setting would you recommend? Before you tell me War of the Burning Sky Sage - which sounds awesome! - I think the storyline would be too hard for some of my ESL students. Dark Sun sounds awesome, but I think it might be too out there for a base setting, no? I'm thinking traditional Lord of the Rings fantasy, although I generally prefer a little less magic, and little more grit. I can't quite grasp the almost industrial age setting of Eberron, though it sounds interesting - is it very different? Would Forgotten Realms be too magic-focused? Greyhawk.... Sorry for my ignorance. If you care to give your two cents, hopefully it will help inspire these excited and open-minded Korean students in the world of D&D. [/QUOTE]
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