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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3160951" data-attributes="member: 704">A surprisingly solid settingThe last few campaigns I have run used Birthright as their setting.  I have found it to be a surprisingly solid setting.I have never used the rules for the wargaming aspect though.  In theory, it is interesting, but in practice, D&D players usually arent going to leap at the chance to let the administration of a kingdom get in the way of adventuring.That aside though, the setting does have several things that setit apart from other settings.- Numerous well defined, powerful villians integrated into the setting.  The Awnsheileign make for great villians.  Interesting powers, a detailed backstory, and the resources of a kingdom to draw on.- Lots Plot Hook Fodder.  Every kingdom gives you the ruler, and the movers and shakers within that kingdom.  It also lets you know about historic rivalrys, internal dissent, and a handfull of other things.  If your players suddenly decide to go on a long overland trip well away from where you were focused, your not totally screwed for coming up with ideas about what you might try to do.- Well defined meta cultures.  You have the equivalents of British, Scottish / Irish, German, Russian, and Middle Eastern cultures, each with their own common language.  You can choose not to have a common tongue and just make do with the 5 regional languages.- The rules for Law, Guild, and Church holdings can be exploited in a standard game.  They provide you a means of declaring which preisthoods are strong and which are weak in a given area.  You can use law holdings to represent the foreign influence of an otherwise more powerful nation.  The only drawback of the Birthright setting is that many of the setting specific things are really not all that impressive.  The Shadowrealm thing is not something that I find very useful.  And even with 3rd edition feats, I dont like the notion of letting the players have bloodlines.For my next campaign, which I hope to start soon, I intend to use a combination of Birthright and Dragonlance setting info.I use Birthright for the map layout and NPC's.  The rest of it is basically average D&D stuff.  You either like it or you dont.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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