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<blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 8002617" data-attributes="member: 6871653"><p>Just wanted to see if I'm alone in having a hard time enjoying one setting for a moderate amount without having the urge to change setting over and over again, and if some of you have any solution to this ailment <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ? I stopped creating my own settings when it became clear that I could not stop myself investing a ridiculous amount of time in it while my players could not care less about my worlds, so I prefer to run published setting. Often time I have a campaign framework in my head, but I cant for the love of me choose in which setting I want to run it:</p><p></p><p>I wanted to use Ravnica as a setting, but couldnt find a good campaign idea which would use the main strengths of the setting, so I decided to go back to Faerun to run BG 1 as a campaign for a group of friend, but bought Eberron in the meantime. I was like " I should definitely run a campaign in Eberron, such good world building''. I converted Dragon Age 1 scenario to Eberron, was satisfied with it, but then....maybe I would prefer running a slow-paced AiME campaign? Went back and bought the few missing AiME I had not before.</p><p></p><p> Then....well my players prefer highly heroic action...so back to Faerun, but then I rage quit-ed when I saw one single fact that I hadnt noticed before: not only Gauntlgrym has been found...it has also been reconquered, by a party who was supposed to be dead for a good 100 years....so I snapped: Faerun is now a ''completed, end-game-start-a-new-game +'' setting, there's no stone left un-turned. I have no longer any interest in it, this time! I can ignore realmlore, but if you start ignoring 90% of the lore, it becomes just a map with (lotsa) names on it. Screw this. And would you look at that, they announce Theros, which looks really cool, maybe I'd like to set a campaign in it? Cool I'll look into it! Yeah, victory! </p><p></p><p>OK....so the next campaign is supposed to be set in Icewind Dale. Damn I loved that region, played the game many times and ran some groups through the questline of the video games a few times. Its the Realms, but its a less covered region, it cant be that bad....right?</p><p></p><p>A good thing my games are now on pause because of the quarantine: my players are tired of switching campaign based on my whims. In the last month-ish, I went through those setting for a future campaign:</p><p>Ravnica</p><p>Faerun</p><p>Eberron</p><p>Faerun</p><p>Middle-Earth</p><p>Wildmount</p><p>Hyrule</p><p>Ivalice</p><p>Eberron</p><p>Ivalice</p><p>Faerun (never again, I swear!)</p><p>Theros</p><p>Faerun (Ok, Icewind Dale may be an exeption...)</p><p></p><p>How do you DM when you have such a fickle mind!?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tales and Chronicles, post: 8002617, member: 6871653"] Just wanted to see if I'm alone in having a hard time enjoying one setting for a moderate amount without having the urge to change setting over and over again, and if some of you have any solution to this ailment :P ? I stopped creating my own settings when it became clear that I could not stop myself investing a ridiculous amount of time in it while my players could not care less about my worlds, so I prefer to run published setting. Often time I have a campaign framework in my head, but I cant for the love of me choose in which setting I want to run it: I wanted to use Ravnica as a setting, but couldnt find a good campaign idea which would use the main strengths of the setting, so I decided to go back to Faerun to run BG 1 as a campaign for a group of friend, but bought Eberron in the meantime. I was like " I should definitely run a campaign in Eberron, such good world building''. I converted Dragon Age 1 scenario to Eberron, was satisfied with it, but then....maybe I would prefer running a slow-paced AiME campaign? Went back and bought the few missing AiME I had not before. Then....well my players prefer highly heroic action...so back to Faerun, but then I rage quit-ed when I saw one single fact that I hadnt noticed before: not only Gauntlgrym has been found...it has also been reconquered, by a party who was supposed to be dead for a good 100 years....so I snapped: Faerun is now a ''completed, end-game-start-a-new-game +'' setting, there's no stone left un-turned. I have no longer any interest in it, this time! I can ignore realmlore, but if you start ignoring 90% of the lore, it becomes just a map with (lotsa) names on it. Screw this. And would you look at that, they announce Theros, which looks really cool, maybe I'd like to set a campaign in it? Cool I'll look into it! Yeah, victory! OK....so the next campaign is supposed to be set in Icewind Dale. Damn I loved that region, played the game many times and ran some groups through the questline of the video games a few times. Its the Realms, but its a less covered region, it cant be that bad....right? A good thing my games are now on pause because of the quarantine: my players are tired of switching campaign based on my whims. In the last month-ish, I went through those setting for a future campaign: Ravnica Faerun Eberron Faerun Middle-Earth Wildmount Hyrule Ivalice Eberron Ivalice Faerun (never again, I swear!) Theros Faerun (Ok, Icewind Dale may be an exeption...) How do you DM when you have such a fickle mind!? [/QUOTE]
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