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I guess the pinnacle, if I had to pick one, would be the original D&D booklets of 1974... when they still had hobbits, ents, and balrogs (i.e., published before the Tolkien estate threatened to sue).

Here's what you said: I don't care whether he is one or not, but I'm also curious to see a reference. Where does he call himself a dirty old man? If I see it, I'll be convinced.

True, although I personally feel a little torn about having a reboot of Dragonlance. In some ways, I like the time shortly after the War of the Lance the best, but I quite like some of the later features of the setting, such as the Knights of Neraka, the Legion of Steel, sorcerers and mystics...

I like many of them, but if I was forced to pick just one published setting, I'd go with Al-Qadim. I love the character options: elemental mages, sha'irs, holy slayers, etc. I love the various organizations - the Brotherhood of the True Flame being the primary one. I love the variety of styles...

The thing I love the most about the Realms is all of the various power groups and organizations that the PCs can encounter/fight/join/etc. Sometimes it's taken a little too far for my tastes (keeping track of everyone's machinations in Greenwood's novels can be dizzying at times), but the basic...

Yes, actually. It reminds me that there are more than just two options. :) Sounds good. My current homebrew (still in the early stages) is heading in this direction. The old grey box had a feel of being "forgotten", both in terms of seeing the remains of old empires and in terms of newly...

Sounds like a nice model, but it's not quite how it's working out. The Forgotten Realms got a huge shakeup in its initial 4e presentation. And now they're planning on releasing a sourcebook next year set in Neverwinter (which, I understand, was destroyed at some point).

Very interesting. FWIW, I sometimes like exactly the sort of thing you describe, but at other times I'm in the mood for the opposite. That raises another interesting question. How many people tend to like one specific style for all of their campaigns, and how many (like me) like to run/play in...

Thanks, that's helpful. Personally, while I like settings that have an overarching theme, I sometimes like settings that don't have one. The real world doesn't have a single theme, so that makes the setting somewhat more "realistic". Now, I understand that "realism" may not always be desirable...

If Tome of Battle and Tome of Magic are 3.5 books, then the APG is not a new system. I don't think we can predict when PF will be its own system. If the system continues to evolve, then one day it will be different (in the same way that 2e and 4e are different from 3e). If small changes are...

I agree that there are different interests for the gamer and for the publisher. But even if you just focus on gamers, there are different preferences. Some people like to be given the basics of a setting and nothing more. Some people like to have the setting constantly change (within reason, as...

I have a question for those who say the Realms is bland. What do you consider more interesting? Describe how your favourite campaign setting (or your own homebrew) doesn't have the same flaws as the Realms. I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious about what people do find interesting. That may...

"Well, there's nothing against it in the rules..." :lol: I would have given XP for the reference, but I apparently need to spread some first.

Played it earlier today. Yeah, I wasn't terribly thrilled with my mul fighter's build. It got the job done, though. Interesting. We didn't encounter that. Honestly, what I found to be a grinder was sitting through all of those skill challenge rolls as we trekked through the desert. I...

Not how I hear the word used, but whatever. You want them to tell you what makes it intriguing rather than have it be something you can develop. Personally, when I first looked at the Old Grey Box, this struck me as something worth exploring. While it never came to fruition (as with many ideas...

So our campaigns should be constrained by the limited imagination of primitive tribes? Come on, a bunch of people were complaining (legitimately) that FR (in addition to many other campaigns) throws powerful magic into an otherwise medieval-ish society without factoring in how all that powerful...

But the FR deities (as with all deities used in D&D) are designed for a game and for a set of stories. The imagination that created them had different interests than the ones that invented the gods of RW religions. Then focus on alliances and rivalries, agreements and disagreements between...

I don't understand why people keep coming back to this idea that deities should have familial relations in order to be fleshed out. Yes, these relations had much significance for real world religions. But step back for a moment. The deities described in these religions are not real. They were...

Because it's a discussion board. If this was just about stating opinion without responding, there wouldn't be much point to it. The word "opinion" is used in (at least) two different ways. Insofar as it refers to one's tastes, then yes, there is no right and wrong. Insofar as it refers to a...

Okay, fair enough. I took "unifying theme" differently, but I see what you guys mean. I think this is just the right way to use the CoE... and how I think the Harpers should be used. Like I said, I think the main problem is implementation. It does seem like everyone you meet ends up being a...