Do you use Internet Homebrew settings for your games? (include links)

[Turanil]

The purpose of this thread / poll, is to know if you ever used one of those free homebrew campaign settings found on the Internet.

Those that I can think of right off the top of my head are:

13 Kingdoms (found on enworld, don't know where exactly. Traditional setting extremely detailed.)

Dusk (not online at this time; by Michael Morris)

Farland (a great, traditional homebrew, very well detailed)

Agyris (another seemingly pleasant and well detailed setting.)

Korinth (the setting itself is poorly detailed, but it is heavy on interesting houserules and new classes, and above all the website is one of the most beautiful I have seen.)

Hurva (I am pretty sure almost nobody here ever heard about this setting. Good website for a traditional campaign setting.)

Llanowar (On the other hand, this one has been around for ages. I especially liked how it reminded me of the Elenium novels' world.)

Eyru (Nice website, for a well detailed Celtic setting inspired by ancient Ireland. There is a full PDF for download. I have a fondness for this particular setting.)

Khoras (A well detailed campaign setting with a beautiful map. There is an online free version, but you can buy a CD version more complete. The world only contain fluff descriptions -organizations, races, lands, etc.- but no rules. So it is a world you can use with any game system.)

Hyborian Age (If you want to play a Conan game without buying Mongoose books, and still using D&D rules, this is the website to seek. Extremely well done and detailed. A must see!!)

Highlands (MY OWN HOMEBREW on the Internet!!! Well, I used it for the last campaign I did run, of which I was dissatisfied -typical dungeon crawling, not what I envisioned originally- There is little info -mainly classes, races, and religions-, but the setting's description is very succinct and will be never finished and never used again. I am tired of it. My next D&D will be Dragonlance...)

Of course, I would be glad you give us links to other campaign settings online!

Thanks.

 

[MonsterMash]

No, I use the Wilderlands of High Fantasy from Judges Guild (since about 1980 as well), but make modifications every time I plan for a new campaign so there are significant homebrew aspects to it.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I use my own homebrew, but I have used bits and pieces of internet-based homebrews before.

Thanks for posting the links!

Kane

 

[Hellzon]

My group uses a setting called The World Beyond. However, it's the groups own homebrew (I'm a relatively new member), so I didn't vote.

 

[Turanil]

Incredible. According to the poll at this stage, this is almost fifty/fifty for homebrew against published setting. However, less than 5% of people do use setting found on the Internet (although some of them are actually quite good, especially if you went to combine several of them into a unique one).

Reading this, it's certain that I will never bother finish my old homebrew...

 

[Raven Crowking]

I use my own homebrew world, but I certainly "borrow" things from wherever I find them.



RC

 

[pdkoning]

Incredible. According to the poll at this stage, this is almost fifty/fifty for homebrew against published setting. However, less than 5% of people do use setting found on the Internet (although some of them are actually quite good, especially if you went to combine several of them into a unique one).

Reading this, it's certain that I will never bother finish my old homebrew...

I would not easily use any campaign setting or ideas I find on a random website.
But I do use, read and even buy pdf's on rpgnow.com that have good reviews and use them now and than. I also tend to download and read homebrew settings and ideas that are listed on other sites and have good reviews.

So you see, I use anything as long as it has a number of good reviews, and of course, looks interesting.

 

[TerraDave]

The online homebrew that I helped create has been around for about a decade, and has recently been revised and expanded for 3.5. It is where I DM and play.

 

[Raven Crowking]

I would not easily use any campaign setting or ideas I find on a random website.

Of course, that depends entirely on the amount of rewriting one is willing to do, doesn't it? Take a look at a creature-design genius like Boz, who can take some notes and turn it into a brilliant 3.5 monster design. He could, conceivably, use any creature he liked on any web site or in any product and make it his own.

Since I am likely to rewrite just about anything anyway, the initial spur doesn't really matter to me. I am an incorrigable tweaker of rules.



RC

 

[GlassJaw]

For the games I've run, I've mostly used published settings. I'm also playing in a Midnight game so I voted for published.

I've been working on a homebrew though and although I highly doubt I would ever use someone elses, I definitely like to look at other people's sites for ideas.