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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 3758419" data-attributes="member: 46713">I am a bit amazed about the results so far. I wouldn't have expected so many DMs creating their own settings. I selected 'creating campaigns', btw. My preferred approach is to use an existing setting and customizing it until it's no longer easily recognizable. Ditto for adventures.I also like creating npcs, at least as far as their concepts go. I don't particularly like the involved process to actually level them / stat them out. That step is just tedious...One option that is missing from the poll: Creating an rpg ruleset.When I started roleplaying the first thing I did was to create my own rpg system, based on what I had learned / heard about existing rpg systems, so far. Then I created my own setting and started to develop a campaign from the inside out.Of course I no longer have the time for such an involved project, but sometimes an interesting idea gets me thinking and I produce a basic outline for a new system in a creative frenzy.The last time it happened was after thinking about a solution for the problem of roles in D&amp;D. It was inspired by both the Guild Wars rpg (every character has a primary and a secondary character class; think: gestalt) and the Earthdawn rpg (you can theoretically advance in an unlimited number of professions; overlapping abilities make it easier to do this).One of the more interesting outcomes was an 'architect' class/profession that perfectly fit one pair of roles I had identified. I don't remember having seen a similar character archetype in any rpg so far.Ah, well, enough off-topic rambling for a single post... <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 3758419, member: 46713"] I am a bit amazed about the results so far. I wouldn't have expected so many DMs creating their own settings. I selected 'creating campaigns', btw. My preferred approach is to use an existing setting and customizing it until it's no longer easily recognizable. Ditto for adventures. I also like creating npcs, at least as far as their concepts go. I don't particularly like the involved process to actually level them / stat them out. That step is just tedious... One option that is missing from the poll: Creating an rpg ruleset. When I started roleplaying the first thing I did was to create my own rpg system, based on what I had learned / heard about existing rpg systems, so far. Then I created my own setting and started to develop a campaign from the inside out. Of course I no longer have the time for such an involved project, but sometimes an interesting idea gets me thinking and I produce a basic outline for a new system in a creative frenzy. The last time it happened was after thinking about a solution for the problem of roles in D&D. It was inspired by both the Guild Wars rpg (every character has a primary and a secondary character class; think: gestalt) and the Earthdawn rpg (you can theoretically advance in an unlimited number of professions; overlapping abilities make it easier to do this). One of the more interesting outcomes was an 'architect' class/profession that perfectly fit one pair of roles I had identified. I don't remember having seen a similar character archetype in any rpg so far. Ah, well, enough off-topic rambling for a single post... ;) [/QUOTE]

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