Climate

[ThirdWizard]

D'oh! How stupid of me. Well, I guess you could choose both the chaotic and the good entries. *shrug*

I went with some other weird location. Seems to fit anyway.

 

[Turanil]

What climate is your party in right now?

Reading the poll, I wonder if results reflect a DM's lack of other scenarios or ideas for adventures, or if it reflects what players like the most (adventures being tailored to their wishes). So, I guess that a second, brother thread, would be welcome: as player which kind of climate do you prefer for your PCs to adventure in (vote 3 prefered ones).

 

[diaglo]

The Hills are alive with the sound of... Arrrrrghhhhh...

 

[der_kluge]

Reading the poll, I wonder if results reflect a DM's lack of other scenarios or ideas for adventures, or if it reflects what players like the most (adventures being tailored to their wishes). So, I guess that a second, brother thread, would be welcome: as player which kind of climate do you prefer for your PCs to adventure in (vote 3 prefered ones).

I don't know that I would have a preference for a particular climate over another. I like a good game - and if it's set in the plains, versus the arctic, it doesn't really matter.


Looking over my gaming career, I do notice a distinct lack of arctic and desert games.

 

[Lanefan]

I voted twice, once for each party I'm DM-ing right now...one is currently in what might as well be the underdark, while another just got beaten back out of a forest. The party I play in is in mountains...guess I should have voted for that too.

Lanefan

 

[Lanefan]

Reading the poll, I wonder if results reflect a DM's lack of other scenarios or ideas for adventures, or if it reflects what players like the most (adventures being tailored to their wishes).

We-ell, as most pre-written modules are set in more "basic" surroundings (forest, plains, city, mountains), it only makes sense there'll be a bias toward such in the poll results. Most campaigns are based in temperate climates as that's what we're mostly familiar with, so an adventure in anything exotic (desert, arctic, etc.) requires lots of travel; not always practical for low-level parties. And there's no longer "official" support for settings such as Al-Qadim, where the extreme climate is an integral part of the setting.

That said, perhaps the only setting I've not run a D+D adventure in is outer space...hmmm,
maybe I'd better do something about that... >evil grin<

Lanefan

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

We just finished an adventure in the forested mountain barony set in early February, so snowy and nasty. Next adventure is the same setting, but jumping forward to early March.

There are good odds there are some characters who will be crossing the mountains and then setting off on a sea voyage on the way to Freeport and then Ptolus in the next adventure or two.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Incidentally, Midwood is where it is because a) I've lived in the Alps and Appalachians and loved them both and wanted to do a realistic mountain community setting and b) I wanted to have a setting with humans, dwarves and gnomes, and forested mountains is really the most natural setting for that (I'm saving the unnatural stuff for after the baseline is firmly established).

 

[Piratecat]

My (epic) PCs are currently trapped in a tiny jungle town of 48 people. The town was incredibly difficult for them to reach, and now that they're there they're finding that it's hard for them to depart. Apparently, something wants the inhabitants to stay isolated, so whenever an inhabitant (or the rare visitor) tries to leave, someone that person loves suffers a life-threatening accident.

Either they'll figure out why, they'll kill off their loved ones one by one, or they'll settle down there and build nice huts alongside the river.

 

[howandwhy99]

The Hills are alive with the sound of... Arrrrrghhhhh...

This was my answer. But at least they're gaming related. I made 'em polyhedral in shape.