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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 3076858" data-attributes="member: 17969">On the other hand, you couldn't run CotSQ as written in Eberron.  Drow play such a different role in that setting that you'd need to swap them for another group of antagonists.  You'd likely have to set it in a different environ as well.  Certainly, you'd have to ditch the 'Spider Queen' part, because Lloth doesn't exist in the setting.And that's where the mechanical/situation/color begins to break down.  Settings aren't the only source of situations.  Sure, in the land of midnight, characters are going to behave in certain ways because the dark lord has achieved his victory and blotted out the sun, but characters in greyhawk are going to behave in a certain way because excessive violence on the Nyrond/Urunst border might provoke those two countries into war.  Or, for that matter, they're going to act a certain way because they're stuck in an underground city with a bunch of frogmen.The scope of the situation isn't very important, except in how it affects the PCs.  So the difference between a situation presented in a setting and a situation presented in an adventure is just a matter of how long those particular situations last.It doesn't matter a damned bit whether Johnny Player read the Eberron book.  Because his DM did.  And that means that Johnny's rogue is trying to diffuse a diplomatic standoff by solving a murder mystery instead of sneaking around a ruined mage's tower looking for gold and jewels.And that's why settings are so important.  They don't need to present a situation.  They can also encourage the DMs to present certain sorts of situations, and perhaps discourage him from presenting other sorts of situations.  As long as they're inspiring the DM, they're fulfilling their purpose.</blockquote>

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