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Message: <blockquote data-quote="an_idol_mind" data-source="post: 3813346" data-attributes="member: 43749">Forgotten RealmsWhat hooked me into the setting:I flipped through the Waterdeep adventure (the last of the Time of Troubles). Although the module had a lot of problems, I loved the idea of gods walking the earth, and was intrigued by the NPCs presented in the adventure. So I picked up the revised boxed set and jumped in.Why the setting lost meToo much magic. I preferred a world where magic was seen as unusual, and where people saw wizards as dangerous and eccentric people. The Realms literally had a high-level mage in every city.Why the setting almost captured me againBaldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights almost brought me back. I picked up the third edition campaign setting, which was pretty good.Why the setting couldn't hold meMy games are definitely not Realms-style. Changing the setting to fit the style of game I wanted would have been as much work as just doing a new setting.Dark SunWhat hooked me into the setting:The use of psionics. When I first got into D&D, I thought psionics was the coolest thing ever.Why the setting lost meThe metaplot presented in the books didn't help, but the big problem was that it was tough to get a regular game going. A lot of people I played with didn't mind the setting as a one-shot, but didn't want it to be a full campaign.Why the setting almost captured me againPaizo's articles and the fine work over at Athas.orgWhy the setting couldn't hold meMy preferences now run toward a more traditional fantasy setting.BirthrightWhat hooked me into the setting:Playing a king.Why the setting lost mePlaying a king. The domain turn and the rules of rulership were a drag on the game.Why the setting almost captured me againWhen I threw rulership out, the setting itself was excellent -- still probably the best D&D setting I've seen.Why the setting couldn't hold meI never could get people hooked into Birthright, even as a normal D&D game and not a regency-based thing.Council of WyrmsWhat hooked me into the setting:The hook of playing a dragon, combined with the surprisingly well fleshed-out setting.Why the setting lost meThe lifespan of dragons made for a very static world. When the setting doesn't change significantly over thousands of years, it starts to wear down on my interest.Why the setting almost captured me againJust before 3rd edition came out, I had an article called "The Western Wyrms" published in Dragon Magazine that explored the lands to the west of Io's Blood Isles. Unfortunately, a year's worth of editing cut out all the details of the expanded setting and stripped things down to just rules about playing the alternate dragons in the Monstrous Manual.Why the setting couldn't hold meAgain, the timeline problem. That, and the fact that not a lot of people are as keen on the idea of playing dragons as I am.Thunder RiftWhat hooked me into the setting:It was my first D&D setting. The map of the valley came from a boxed adventure I got, and was the first thing that even introduced the notion of D&D as a fluid setting rather than a series of dungeon scenarios.Why the setting lost meI wound up adding more and more to Thunder Rift, to the point where I was incorporating just about every other setting I found. Eventually, the setting started to fall apart, and simply mentioning the name "Thunder Rift" turned off a lot of my players.Why the setting almost captured me againUnfortunately, it never did. I moved on to other settings, and have only occasionally glanced back at Thunder Rift's sourcebook.Why the setting couldn't hold meThe valley is too darned small, and the population is too sparse. PCs outgrow the area after a few levels, and start looking for bigger and better things.</blockquote>

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