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<blockquote data-quote="Artifact" data-source="post: 4524714" data-attributes="member: 60414"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">A few favorites:</span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting</span></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">City of Splendors</span></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">I regret never picking up Ruins of Undermountain but I really like City of Splendors (the most in-depth look at Waterdeep—ever). I had Cityscape Ruins of Myth Drannor, and Ruins of Undermountain II but have lost them over the years.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Spelljammer "Adventures in Space"</span></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Legend of the Spelljammer</span></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">I had Astromundi Cluster and War Captain's ?? at one time but have lost them over time. SJ is one of my favorite "mega" settings of all time.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Ravenloft (original release)</span></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Forbidden Lore</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Masque of the Red Death</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Requiem: The Grim Harvest</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Nightmare Lands</span></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">I enjoy Masque of the Red Death more than the core RL setting. Nightmare Lands is one of my favorite boxed sets of all time (rules for nightmares and stuff <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Council of Wyrms</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Dragon Mountain</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Red Steel</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Tales of the Comet</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Return to the Tomb of Horrors</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">For being chock full of kobolds, Dragon Mountain was murderously hard. Playing dragons (even half-dragons) in Council of Wyrms was a blast. Tales of the Comet was unique (for me) in that it used D&D rules in a fantasy setting. As for Tomb of Horrors, the facsimile is just that, an exact copy of the original (I have one); also, a killer adventure (classic Gygax <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Planescape Campaign Setting</span></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Planes of Chaos</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Planes of Law</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Planes of Conflict</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Hellbound: Blood War</span></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Still remember when the gamestore clerk called and left this message: "Just calling to confirm, your game</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">is in." He didn't want to say "hell" (as in Hellbound) over the phone <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Mystra Camapign Setting</span></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Karameikos: Kingdom of Adventure</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Glantri: Kingdom of Magic</span></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">A favorite setting of mine from the D&D Basic days. Never quite captured the same feel as the "Known World" though.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Artifact, post: 4524714, member: 60414"] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]A few favorites:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]City of Splendors[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]I regret never picking up Ruins of Undermountain but I really like City of Splendors (the most in-depth look at Waterdeep—ever). I had Cityscape Ruins of Myth Drannor, and Ruins of Undermountain II but have lost them over the years.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Spelljammer "Adventures in Space"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Legend of the Spelljammer[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]I had Astromundi Cluster and War Captain's ?? at one time but have lost them over time. SJ is one of my favorite "mega" settings of all time.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Ravenloft (original release)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Forbidden Lore[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Masque of the Red Death[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Requiem: The Grim Harvest[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Nightmare Lands[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]I enjoy Masque of the Red Death more than the core RL setting. Nightmare Lands is one of my favorite boxed sets of all time (rules for nightmares and stuff ;)). [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Council of Wyrms[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Dragon Mountain[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Red Steel[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Tales of the Comet[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Return to the Tomb of Horrors[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]For being chock full of kobolds, Dragon Mountain was murderously hard. Playing dragons (even half-dragons) in Council of Wyrms was a blast. Tales of the Comet was unique (for me) in that it used D&D rules in a fantasy setting. As for Tomb of Horrors, the facsimile is just that, an exact copy of the original (I have one); also, a killer adventure (classic Gygax ;)). [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Planescape Campaign Setting[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Planes of Chaos[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Planes of Law[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Planes of Conflict[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Hellbound: Blood War[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Still remember when the gamestore clerk called and left this message: "Just calling to confirm, your game[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]is in." He didn't want to say "hell" (as in Hellbound) over the phone ;).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=white] [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Mystra Camapign Setting[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Karameikos: Kingdom of Adventure[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Glantri: Kingdom of Magic[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]A favorite setting of mine from the D&D Basic days. Never quite captured the same feel as the "Known World" though.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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