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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 5383251" data-attributes="member: 30022">I like a lot of settings, but rather than a big list of random names, I'll go with a Top 3. Also note that I'm excluding my personal homebrew because, really, who other than myself and my players would care?And for variety, I'll choose a D&D setting, a non-D&D setting, and a non-tabletop setting.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Planescape. I like the weirdness. I like the mythology. I particularly like the Politics of the Planes (archdevils, demon princes, fey lords, archangels, etc). And I downright love Planescape Torment, diTerlizzi's art, and Sigil. My love for the setting extends to 3e and 4e. Although some might complain that the vision (and cosmology) has changed too radically, I say that anything is possible in an infinite multiverse. I think 4e's Dawn War, Astral Sea and Abyssal Seed concepts are just as valid and interesting as the Blood War, Baernaloths and Factions of 2e. It's all fantastic.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Honorable Mention: Dark Sun. I never got into it in 2e, but I'm loving the new 4e campaign setting.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Legend. This is the campaign setting of the Dragon Warriors RPG from the 80's (recently re-released by Mongoose). Very gritty quasi-Earth setting with relatively low magic. That could describe Warhammer to some extent, but Dragon Warriors feels more "real". It isn't eternal warfare against the hordes of Chaos. Humans are by far the dominant race, with most other races being almost a rumor or a fairy-tale. There are some great themes, like the historical remnants of a quasi-Roman empire, religious wars, vague Celtic overtones, and a slightly downbeat "you usually lose even if you win" tone.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Honorable Mention: Warhammer 40k. Strangely enough, I don't actually play the game. But I love the fluff.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fallout. As in, the computer RPG. All of them. Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas. I'm a huge fan of the whole series. I like the companions, I like the villains, and I love the whole 50's Americana meets the post-Apocalypse feel.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Honorable Mention: The setting of The Witcher computer RPG and series of books. Gritty as heck. Adult content. Urban "slum elves" (before Dragon Age stole them), demihumans warring with humans, no clear-cut good guys (and few clear-cut bad guys), and a very European take on mythology.</li> </ul></li> </ol></blockquote>

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