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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 3889096" data-attributes="member: 552">As an aside, I also was thinking about something earlier today that I couldn't post because my internet went out.IntroOk, I have an interesting schematic idea to propose (once again). The explanation isn't well formed, but when you put it all together it should make sense (I'm not taking the time to break this down into a standardized explanation).L4W - CoreWhen 4e is released, we will use the core pantheon and all of the core rules as-is. The setting for this game will be specific to the 4th edition Living Enworld game. This particular setting will not take rules-based content proposals. We make this game easy to pick up and play for anyone, and maintain consistency of mechanics (like all characters start at 1st level).I believe that there is going to be a pre-built small town detailed in the DMG. Most people seem to think this is going to be Hommlet. I say we run with it. This is our "starting location", and because everyone with the core books will have access to it, were "ready to go" on running it. We need not take any other setting content from there (Hommlet is pretty modular, and need not be in Greyhawk).This baseline introduces a significant advantage for new players: They can enter into the game easily. Higher level characters will likely move on into more relevant setting cities created for the setting and such, but anyone brand-new to things can know a lot about where they start and what they are able to do without any confusion.For now, I'll call this [L4W - Core].L4W - SettingsNow, going along the lines of the "1 setting per year" idea wizards is running with, we will add 1 major campaign setting each year that is much more like Living Eberron or the current incarnation of LEW. In my example this first one is pretty easy to predict:[L4W - Forgotten Realms]Obviously this branch would have it's own set of rules, and could start to accept content and rules proposals. Obviously, a year later, we would see:[L4W - Eberron]And so-on. Now, this also adds yet ANOTHER level of complexity to the set of tiers of content we have. New players can always join in the Core game with little to no confusion, following the rules as they can read them in their books. Then we have the more advanced setting based games. But not only that, every year a "new" setting based game gets added, so players can get in on the ground floor. One thing this helps with is it will space out "generations" of characters. A new player 2 years from now might be a bit behind if they were to join the FR game, but since Eberron just came out they can be one of the first player's to cut their teeth and potentially be one of the movers and shakers in the living game down the line.We never close a setting obviously. They live as long as they have active players. So if you like FR you can always join the FR game. If you like Eberron, you can always slide into the Eberron game. If your new to PbP, join the Core game.</blockquote>

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