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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt Black" data-source="post: 3713975" data-attributes="member: 5477">For something completely different (for D&D), I think with the coming of 4e it's time for D&D Earth.A book that helps the DM create fantasy variants of the real world. It would describe how to weave D&D tropes into historical settings: where the races might fit in (barbaric Irish elves, orcs invading Rome, gypsie halflings), how the presence of magic might change the real world, and how it might replace real world technologies. Guidance on running games in different cultures and tech levels. Mostly, it would lead by example, with a couple of short sample settings. Perhaps: a swashbuckling 15th century Venice with duels in gondolas, alchemical firearms, magical printing presses; an empire run by the guile of merchant-rogues and enchantments of its wizard council. Or: chivalric Britain, its knights holding out against the Gaelic elves and dwarfs, with bards and druids (if either still exist!) in their traditional roles in the Celtic world. The mythic Aegean, Jerusalem of the Crusades, 16th century Prague, etc., etc.</blockquote>