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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7877366" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>This is the list of every setting published for D&D (source is 1d4chan);</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Al-Qadim" target="_blank">Al-Qadim</a>: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Fantasy medieval Middle East at the height of its wealth, science, and power.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>, 1 class updated for <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/3e" target="_blank">Third Edition</a>. Got a token mention in <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</a> as a potential location for the "foreigner" background, and the iconic yakmen adversaries were re-introduced via the <em>Storm King's Thunder</em> adventure module.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Birthright" target="_blank">Birthright</a>: Long ago a bunch of gods died and heroic mortals gained their divine energy. One or more of your PCs is a descendant of those heroes.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>, unofficial porting to 3e taking place at <a href="http://www.birthright.net/" target="_blank">Birthright.net</a>. The 5e <em>Dungeon Master's Guide</em> actually mentioned it as a potential location for adventures and/or planar jaunts, though, which is more than most previous editions gave it, so who knows what the future holds?</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blackmoor" target="_blank">Blackmoor</a>: One of the three original campaign settings, developed by D&D co-creator Dave Arneson. Later retconned into Mystara as a Krull-esque distant past.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Council_of_Wyrms" target="_blank">Council of Wyrms</a>: You are the dragons.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>, possibly. No idea if the 1999 reprint used the old <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons</a> ruleset or not.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dark_Sun" target="_blank">Dark Sun</a>: Dying desert world.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition</a>, though most <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">5e</a> adventure modules discuss what would be needed to port them over to Athas, and the creators have stated they do plan to provide more support in the future.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Dragon_Fist&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Dragon Fist</a>: <s>If Dragonlance were manlier.</s> D&D set in the world of wuxia folktales from ancient <s>China</s>Tlanguo, the land of this setting.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <strong>None</strong>. Uses a weird hybrid of <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a> and <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a> rules. Published online-only by Wizards, never expanded or supported.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dragonlance" target="_blank">Dragonlance</a>: One of the more well-known D&D settings, thanks to the many books about it. Twisted D&D standards in a <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Setting:Brighthammer_40,000/2nd_edition" target="_blank">Brighthammer40k</a> sort of way. Home to the <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kender" target="_blank">kender</a>.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition</a>, through a licensing agreement between <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/WoTC" target="_blank">WoTC</a> and Sovereign Press, though mostly through discussing ways to port stuff over from other books. Unlike Athas, though, Krynn's close enough to Faerun for the conversion to be more comprehensive.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Eberron" target="_blank">Eberron</a>: Magitek adventurepunk in a world literally made of dragons.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition</a>, though all content is either of the "translation guide in the back of the book" type or strictly WIP/playtest material as of now.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Forgotten_Realms" target="_blank">Forgotten Realms</a>: The most famous and popular setting.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ghostwalk" target="_blank">Ghostwalk</a>: The <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Monte_Cook" target="_blank">Monte Cook</a>one everyone forgets exists. The Ethereal Plane meets inverse Ravenloft meets Forgotten Realms, and players can play as ghosts.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a>, one of two new settings created for it. Only published reference was its campaign sourcebook.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Greyhawk" target="_blank">Greyhawk</a>: One of the three original campaign settings, and the default D&D setting for most of its existence. Revered for being the personal setting of <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax" target="_blank">Gary Gygax</a>.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition</a>, in the same manner as Dragonlance, though in the <a href="https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Forth_Edition&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">4e</a> days it was killed off for a while around its 25th birthday in order to make way for <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Points_of_Light" target="_blank">Points of Light</a>.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Jakandor" target="_blank">Jakandor</a>: Self-contained setting set on an island divided between magic-loving mage civilization, and magic-hating barbarian horde.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Horde" target="_blank">The Horde</a>: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Mongols and their related allies and enemies.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kara-Tur" target="_blank">Kara-Tur</a>: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Ancient fantasy China/Japan with some later material detailing India and Southeast Asia<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a>, though the setting/land itself did not advance at all from its original publication. Got a token mention in <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</a> as a potential location for the "foreigner" background.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Maztica" target="_blank">Maztica</a>: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Fantasy post-Columbian America, complete with paladins exterminating and suppressing the believers of native gods.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>. Got a token mention in <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</a> as a potential location for the "foreigner" background.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Mystara" target="_blank">Mystara</a>: One of the three original campaign settings, and the first one to be officially published and supported. Partially inspired Greyhawk, it paints a broad picture of the lands around Castle Greyhawk and was designed by David Cook and Tom Moldvay. (Also includes the <em>Hollow World</em> and <em>Red Steel</em>settings.)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Planescape" target="_blank">Planescape</a>: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Plane" target="_blank">planes</a>, planes everywhere — and we don't mean the flying kind. Established the Great Wheel cosmology. Made famous by the videogame <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Planescape:_Torment" target="_blank">Planescape: Torment</a><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>, but many elements were taken in establishing the planar landscape of <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a>. Some tiny elements reappeared in <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition" target="_blank">later</a> <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">editions</a>, but for the most part the setting and rules are mazed.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Pelinore" target="_blank">Pelinore</a>: For all you Britfag grognards out there. Somewhat similar to Ptolus in that it focused on a single city and it's surrounding environs.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>. Published and expanded on exclusively in <em>Imagine'</em>s UK edition.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Points_of_Light" target="_blank">Points of Light</a>: The "default" setting for <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/4e" target="_blank">4e</a>. An entirely new world completely seperate from any existing D&D cosmology, presented as a predominantly blank slate with various cosmological and historical notes to hold it together before you begin personalizing it.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ravenloft" target="_blank">Ravenloft</a>: You are evil and being punished in a magic Gothic world that hates you.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition</a>.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><s><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings" target="_blank">Rokugan</a></s>: blatantly copied by the 3rd Edition <em>Oriental Adventures</em> from <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings" target="_blank">Legend of the Five Rings</a>. At least it led to the creation of <em>Mahasarpa</em>, a related setting with a South-East Asia feel.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a> (and every edition of <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings" target="_blank">L5R's own RPG</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Spelljammer" target="_blank">Spelljammer</a>: D&D IN SPAAACE!<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</a>, but homebrew conversion to <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a> took place at <a href="http://www.spelljammer.org/" target="_blank">[1]</a>. Rules for using a Spelljammer ship appear in <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition</a> <em>Manual of the Planes</em>. The <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition" target="_blank">5e</a> team has discussed it, mentioning that it's a very love-it-or-hate-it setting that makes it a bit of a rough sell, though they <em>have</em> said they want to do at least a little work with it. Got several mentions in <em>Volo's Guide to Monsters</em>, including the reintroduction of the iconic <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Neogi" target="_blank">neogi</a> adversaries.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Petal_Throne" target="_blank">Tékumel</a>: The vary first setting ever to be published, and by TSR no less. An elaborate fantasy world based on Eastern themes. A whole language was build around it.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: Original Dungeons & Dragons (Although the game branched off D&D long ago to become its own thing. Its is currently in its fifth edition, under a whole new rule-set.)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Wilderlands_of_High_Fantasy" target="_blank">Wilderlands of High Fantasy</a>: based on the earlier single-city setting <em>City State of the Invincible Overlord</em>.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kingdoms_of_Kalamar" target="_blank">Kingdoms of Kalamar</a>: Fairly standard D&D type world, although with some notable changes - <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Hobgoblin" target="_blank">hobgoblins</a> replacing <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Orc" target="_blank">orcs</a> as the primary hostile humanoids. More known nowadays for becoming the setting for <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/HackMaster" target="_blank">HackMaster</a>.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last supported edition: <a href="https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition</a></li> </ul></li> </ul><p>Beyond Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Ravenloft, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Planescape, I don't think many of the others deserve a 5e release. <em>Maybe </em>Mystara.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 7877366, member: 7015558"] This is the list of every setting published for D&D (source is 1d4chan); [LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Al-Qadim']Al-Qadim[/URL]: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Fantasy medieval Middle East at the height of its wealth, science, and power. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL], 1 class updated for [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/3e']Third Edition[/URL]. Got a token mention in [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/URL] as a potential location for the "foreigner" background, and the iconic yakmen adversaries were re-introduced via the [I]Storm King's Thunder[/I] adventure module. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Birthright']Birthright[/URL]: Long ago a bunch of gods died and heroic mortals gained their divine energy. One or more of your PCs is a descendant of those heroes. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL], unofficial porting to 3e taking place at [URL="http://www.birthright.net/"]Birthright.net[/URL]. The 5e [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I] actually mentioned it as a potential location for adventures and/or planar jaunts, though, which is more than most previous editions gave it, so who knows what the future holds? [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blackmoor']Blackmoor[/URL]: One of the three original campaign settings, developed by D&D co-creator Dave Arneson. Later retconned into Mystara as a Krull-esque distant past. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Council_of_Wyrms']Council of Wyrms[/URL]: You are the dragons. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL], possibly. No idea if the 1999 reprint used the old [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Dungeons & Dragons[/URL] ruleset or not. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dark_Sun']Dark Sun[/URL]: Dying desert world. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition[/URL], though most [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']5e[/URL] adventure modules discuss what would be needed to port them over to Athas, and the creators have stated they do plan to provide more support in the future. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Dragon_Fist&action=edit&redlink=1']Dragon Fist[/URL]: [S]If Dragonlance were manlier.[/S] D&D set in the world of wuxia folktales from ancient [S]China[/S]Tlanguo, the land of this setting. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [B]None[/B]. Uses a weird hybrid of [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL] and [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL] rules. Published online-only by Wizards, never expanded or supported. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dragonlance']Dragonlance[/URL]: One of the more well-known D&D settings, thanks to the many books about it. Twisted D&D standards in a [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Setting:Brighthammer_40,000/2nd_edition']Brighthammer40k[/URL] sort of way. Home to the [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kender']kender[/URL]. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition[/URL], through a licensing agreement between [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/WoTC']WoTC[/URL] and Sovereign Press, though mostly through discussing ways to port stuff over from other books. Unlike Athas, though, Krynn's close enough to Faerun for the conversion to be more comprehensive. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Eberron']Eberron[/URL]: Magitek adventurepunk in a world literally made of dragons. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition[/URL], though all content is either of the "translation guide in the back of the book" type or strictly WIP/playtest material as of now. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Forgotten_Realms']Forgotten Realms[/URL]: The most famous and popular setting. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ghostwalk']Ghostwalk[/URL]: The [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Monte_Cook']Monte Cook[/URL]one everyone forgets exists. The Ethereal Plane meets inverse Ravenloft meets Forgotten Realms, and players can play as ghosts. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL], one of two new settings created for it. Only published reference was its campaign sourcebook. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Greyhawk']Greyhawk[/URL]: One of the three original campaign settings, and the default D&D setting for most of its existence. Revered for being the personal setting of [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax']Gary Gygax[/URL]. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition[/URL], in the same manner as Dragonlance, though in the [URL='https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Forth_Edition&action=edit&redlink=1']4e[/URL] days it was killed off for a while around its 25th birthday in order to make way for [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Points_of_Light']Points of Light[/URL]. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Jakandor']Jakandor[/URL]: Self-contained setting set on an island divided between magic-loving mage civilization, and magic-hating barbarian horde. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Horde']The Horde[/URL]: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Mongols and their related allies and enemies. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kara-Tur']Kara-Tur[/URL]: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Ancient fantasy China/Japan with some later material detailing India and Southeast Asia [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL], though the setting/land itself did not advance at all from its original publication. Got a token mention in [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/URL] as a potential location for the "foreigner" background. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Maztica']Maztica[/URL]: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Fantasy post-Columbian America, complete with paladins exterminating and suppressing the believers of native gods. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL]. Got a token mention in [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/URL] as a potential location for the "foreigner" background. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Mystara']Mystara[/URL]: One of the three original campaign settings, and the first one to be officially published and supported. Partially inspired Greyhawk, it paints a broad picture of the lands around Castle Greyhawk and was designed by David Cook and Tom Moldvay. (Also includes the [I]Hollow World[/I] and [I]Red Steel[/I]settings.) [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Dungeons & Dragons[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Planescape']Planescape[/URL]: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Plane']planes[/URL], planes everywhere — and we don't mean the flying kind. Established the Great Wheel cosmology. Made famous by the videogame [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Planescape:_Torment']Planescape: Torment[/URL] [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL], but many elements were taken in establishing the planar landscape of [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL]. Some tiny elements reappeared in [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition']later[/URL] [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']editions[/URL], but for the most part the setting and rules are mazed. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Pelinore']Pelinore[/URL]: For all you Britfag grognards out there. Somewhat similar to Ptolus in that it focused on a single city and it's surrounding environs. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL]. Published and expanded on exclusively in [I]Imagine'[/I]s UK edition. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Points_of_Light']Points of Light[/URL]: The "default" setting for [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/4e']4e[/URL]. An entirely new world completely seperate from any existing D&D cosmology, presented as a predominantly blank slate with various cosmological and historical notes to hold it together before you begin personalizing it. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ravenloft']Ravenloft[/URL]: You are evil and being punished in a magic Gothic world that hates you. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition[/URL]. [/LIST] [*][S][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings']Rokugan[/URL][/S]: blatantly copied by the 3rd Edition [I]Oriental Adventures[/I] from [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings']Legend of the Five Rings[/URL]. At least it led to the creation of [I]Mahasarpa[/I], a related setting with a South-East Asia feel. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL] (and every edition of [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings']L5R's own RPG[/URL]) [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Spelljammer']Spelljammer[/URL]: D&D IN SPAAACE! [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/URL], but homebrew conversion to [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL] took place at [URL='http://www.spelljammer.org/'][1][/URL]. Rules for using a Spelljammer ship appear in [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition[/URL] [I]Manual of the Planes[/I]. The [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_5th_Edition']5e[/URL] team has discussed it, mentioning that it's a very love-it-or-hate-it setting that makes it a bit of a rough sell, though they [I]have[/I] said they want to do at least a little work with it. Got several mentions in [I]Volo's Guide to Monsters[/I], including the reintroduction of the iconic [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Neogi']neogi[/URL] adversaries. [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Petal_Throne']Tékumel[/URL]: The vary first setting ever to be published, and by TSR no less. An elaborate fantasy world based on Eastern themes. A whole language was build around it. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: Original Dungeons & Dragons (Although the game branched off D&D long ago to become its own thing. Its is currently in its fifth edition, under a whole new rule-set.) [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Wilderlands_of_High_Fantasy']Wilderlands of High Fantasy[/URL]: based on the earlier single-city setting [I]City State of the Invincible Overlord[/I]. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kingdoms_of_Kalamar']Kingdoms of Kalamar[/URL]: Fairly standard D&D type world, although with some notable changes - [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Hobgoblin']hobgoblins[/URL] replacing [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Orc']orcs[/URL] as the primary hostile humanoids. More known nowadays for becoming the setting for [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/HackMaster']HackMaster[/URL]. [LIST] [*]Last supported edition: [URL='https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_Edition']Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] Beyond Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Ravenloft, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Planescape, I don't think many of the others deserve a 5e release. [I]Maybe [/I]Mystara. [/QUOTE]
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