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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bekkilyn_rpg" data-source="post: 1097397" data-attributes="member: 13873">A published setting is kind of like getting to both play and DM at the same time in a sense (good for players who don't always get to play as much as they want or who like settings their DM's don't use, and good for DM's who never seem to get to play.)When you completely make up your own setting, you already know everything from the very beginning. There are no surprises (not counting player actions) and nothing to discover that you don't make up yourself. But with a published setting, you can make up all sorts of things and fill in lots of details and add whatever you want to it, but you also have the fun of discovering unknown things about various places within the setting. Of course, you have the option as a DM as to whether or not you wish to use the new information, but it's still fun.It's also fun to be able to discuss common settings on messageboards and discussion groups and see what other people are doing with them.And even if you don't actually use a setting in your game and/or have your own setting, you can still use them for inspiration and for just sitting down and having a good read.If there are published settings based on novels I've liked, I enjoy discovering more about the world and the characters of that world and don't care if I ever use it in a game of any sort. I just like it is my only reason in such cases.</blockquote>