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<blockquote data-quote="Ramlatus" data-source="post: 7958899" data-attributes="member: 7022488">GOAL: To create a good setting for me to create and run a campaign in.Resources I have and have read/watchedSly Flourish's The Lazy Dungeon MasterSly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon MasterPathfinder GameMastery GuideD&amp;D DMG – 5e, 4e, 3.5, AD&amp;D 2nd, AD&amp;D 1stD&amp;D DMG II – 4e, 3.5AD&amp;D World Builder's GuidebookThe Kobold Guide To WorldbuildingPathfinder Ultimate CampaignSavage Worlds World Builder GuideSeveral other lesser known booksCountless articlesDozens of youtube videos from various DMs&nbsp;&nbsp; I have been trying to create a basic setting for a 5e game I hope to run when this Covid-19 thing is over. What I have found is that many of these sources have GREAT ideas and advice. Unfortunately what they don't do very well is define the exact steps to creating a setting and what items I absolutely need to create before the game begins. It could also be that I have so much information and differing methods that it is getting in my way of actually moving forward. I am looking for a relatively quick way to create a good setting to set my fantasy games in.&nbsp;&nbsp; Much of the advice I have read and found uses setting and campaign interchangeably, but I am creating the setting for me to have my campaigns in. The setting is separate from the campaign, because you can reuse the setting for the same group with different characters.Notes&nbsp;&nbsp; *I do not currently have a group of players&nbsp;&nbsp; *I would prefer to have a basic setting put together before I start a group, so that I can concentrate on campaign/adventure creation once I have a game going. Yes I know that there will be some setting building during the course of a campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp; *I have been an occasional, on the very rare occasions I could find other players, player for a very long time. This will be my first time DMing.&nbsp;&nbsp; *While I can improv a little bit, I am much better at planning with various contingencies in place for when the game goes in another direction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ramlatus, post: 7958899, member: 7022488"] [B]GOAL:[/B] To create a good setting for me to create and run a campaign in. [B]Resources I have and have read/watched[/B] Sly Flourish's The Lazy Dungeon Master Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Pathfinder GameMastery Guide D&D DMG – 5e, 4e, 3.5, AD&D 2nd, AD&D 1st D&D DMG II – 4e, 3.5 AD&D World Builder's Guidebook The Kobold Guide To Worldbuilding Pathfinder Ultimate Campaign Savage Worlds World Builder Guide Several other lesser known books Countless articles Dozens of youtube videos from various DMs I have been trying to create a basic setting for a 5e game I hope to run when this Covid-19 thing is over. What I have found is that many of these sources have GREAT ideas and advice. Unfortunately what they don't do very well is define the exact steps to creating a setting and what items I absolutely need to create before the game begins. It could also be that I have so much information and differing methods that it is getting in my way of actually moving forward. I am looking for a relatively quick way to create a good setting to set my fantasy games in. Much of the advice I have read and found uses setting and campaign interchangeably, but I am creating the setting for me to have my campaigns in. The setting is separate from the campaign, because you can reuse the setting for the same group with different characters. [B]Notes[/B] *I do not currently have a group of players *I would prefer to have a basic setting put together before I start a group, so that I can concentrate on campaign/adventure creation once I have a game going. Yes I know that there will be some setting building during the course of a campaign. *I have been an occasional, on the very rare occasions I could find other players, player for a very long time. This will be my first time DMing. *While I can improv a little bit, I am much better at planning with various contingencies in place for when the game goes in another direction. [/QUOTE]

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