[DM's Poll] Homebrew, Published, Hybrid or Other?

Which option best describes your campaign?

  • Homebrew Puritan - Everything is homebrew, even the adventures. Nothing to taint my creation!

    Votes: 9 12.5%
  • Homebrew Traditionalist - My own but might read setting books for ideas, modify adventures

    Votes: 19 26.4%
  • Homebrew Hybrid - I pick and choose elements from published settings to include in my homebrew

    Votes: 12 16.7%
  • "The Medley" - A big ole mashup of homebrew and published elements

    Votes: 11 15.3%
  • Published Hybrid - a moderately to heavily altered published setting

    Votes: 10 13.9%
  • Published - Generally by the book(s), but with some alterations - not afraid to "go my own way"

    Votes: 10 13.9%
  • PAW (Published as Written) - no alteration, strictly official adventures, follow canon

    Votes: 1 1.4%

@Ratskinner
There are no new ideas. It's hard to imagine that even a "homebrew purist" isn't using some elements that appear in various published settings. Nothing wrong with that.

No doubt. I must agree with the others who've said that I find the various "medley" options a little hard to distinguish in the poll. I also wonder to what extent the "generic" monsters of the older editions count as "Greyhawk". Certainly that's a factor that's diminished over time, but still relevant even into the 2e era (where it got worse as critters that were originally from FR or DL adventures started to work their way into general usage.)
 

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I have to admit defeat, @Mercurius . It looks like the published settings are very nearly as popular as homebrewing. I am very surprised by this outcome, and no mistake.

Defeat? Ha ha. Hey, I agreed with you that EN World would have more homebrewers. Its interesting for me to see how many folks are in the middle range (hybrids and medley). If we narrow it down to 1-2 being "homebrew," 3-5 being "hybrid" and 6-7 being "published" then--as of this writing--we get 39% homebrew, 45% hybrid, and 16% published. That isn't too suprising, I guess.
 

No doubt. I must agree with the others who've said that I find the various "medley" options a little hard to distinguish in the poll. I also wonder to what extent the "generic" monsters of the older editions count as "Greyhawk". Certainly that's a factor that's diminished over time, but still relevant even into the 2e era (where it got worse as critters that were originally from FR or DL adventures started to work their way into general usage.)
I read the poll as referring to setting elements, not monsters, classes, or other mechanical elements. My interpretation:

Homebrew Hybrid: Homebrew setting includes the "Moonshai Isles" and Castle Ravenloft. (Drew your own map; copied some names)
The Medley: Ninjas can sail to Lankhmar, just south of the Nyr Dyv, from Zakhara; the Sea of Dust is known as Anauroch; the Red Wizards (agents of the Alphatian Empire) are rivals of the Scarlet Brotherhood (agents of Patera/Myoshima). (cut and paste, literally.)
Published Hybrid: Forgotten Realms, but Ravenloft and a number of other domains replace Narfell and Damara; campaigns center around Impiltur, the Great Dales, and the Dominions of The Raven. (This part of the map is wrong; this is what's really there.)
Published: Forgotten Realms, but no Elminster or Drizzt Do'Urden; previous campaigns/player actions have created a homebrew country south of Evereska. (Pencil in some new names and roads.)
PAW: Played through the Time of Troubles or Fate of Istus; sucked to be the half-orc assassin character. Elminster lives in Shadowdale. (map is laminated and mounted on the wall; a pointy post-it indicated party location; ruler and /or clear hex overlays handy for determining travel times.)
 
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I more often than not am a "homebrew puritan," insofar as I don't consciously use any published setting material* and never use published adventures. The kind of fantasy found in most D&D worlds isn't interesting to me.

Once in a while I'll run Spelljammer with as much setting material as possible crammed in as places to visit.
 

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