Favorite Third-Party Settings

[Professor Phobos]

Midnight!

A Game of Thrones!

 

[Ghostwind]

1. Wilderlands of High Fantasy
2. Ptolus
3. Oathbound
4. World of Warcraft

Now to wrap them all into one big home mega campaign setting...

 

[Herobizkit]

Iron Kingdoms, the setting in Arcana Unearthed/Evolved, and Etherscope all have really great settings that I enjoy.

In fact, combining all three would make me a very happy camper.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

I'll toss my vote in for Oathbound as well. Its a nice departure from the vanilla crap we've been force fed for 30 years. You really dont have to be high level to go there either (my current group was drawn in at 4th level). Iron Kingdoms is a well written setting as well.

Though I use Arcana Evolved rules, I dont like the setting. It feels a little bland, without the conflict of other settings.

 

[jollyninja]

warlords of the accord lands is pretty good, have not used it yet but it's got three big fat books for support that i have seen, the phb equivalent, an atlas and a monster book, all around the 300+ page range.

http://www.warlordrpg.com/products.html

hope that helps

scarred lands is my favorite, unique locations that i steal ideas from constantly, a different take on the DnD game and some cool monsters and magic in the supporting hardcover books

game of thrones d20 is sweet, a game of political intrigue where reputation and social status are far more important then your shiny new sword.

if you can get your hands on the warcraft (not world of warcraft) stuff from sword and sorcery, it's the warcraft world with standard dnd, i preffer it as a setting book, there is also a horde and alliance compendium. it might be 3.0 though, I cannot immediately recall and i'm at work so I can't check.

 

[catsclaw227]

I'll second a lot of these. In particular:

Ptolus
Wilderlands
Scarred Lands
Oathbound
Warlords of Accordlands

There really are a lot of good "non-standard" settings out there. How traditional do you want your fantasy?

 

[Nightfall]

Whoa, 15 posts to get some Scarred Lands loving? Nightfall is slipping. Or sleeping. One or the other.

But, I would like to second that one. While I have some issues with the mechanics of SL, and much of the mechanics are 3.0, the fluff end of things is fantastic.

Hussar, I got a new job (in reality) that prevents me from posting as much as I would normally. I was sleeping some times too.

Thanks for the vote of confidence guys. It's people like you that make me glad I pimp the Scarred Lands!

 

[Jackmojo]

Scarred Lands
Midnight
Dark Sun (sort of non-WoTC)

Jack

P.S. this list might reveal a preference for unfriendly settings

 

[TerraDave]

The alternate earth you may not be looking for

What can I say, its in my sig.

Or is that first party.

 

[sckeener]

Ptolus

The Player's Guide to Ptolus It's Free
Ptolus: The World of Praemal
Ptolus: Beneath the Streets
Ptolus: DM's Companion
Ptolus: Districts of the City, Vol. 1
Ptolus: Districts of the City, Vol. 2
Ptolus: Organizations
Ptolus: Adventures
Ptolus: The Night of Dissolution
The Banewarrens
Chaositech
Counter Collection: Ptolus
Ptolus Adventure Maps: The Ghostly Minstrel
Ptolus Adventure Maps: The Trouble With Goblins
Ptolus Adventure Maps: Shilukar's Lair
Ptolus Bonus Map Pack
Ptolus Deluxe City Map
Ptolus e-Adventure Tiles: Ghul's Labyrinth I
Ptolus e-Adventure Tiles: Sewers
Ptolus Sketchbook Vol. 1:Midtown
Ptolus Sketchbook Vol. 2:Temple district
Ptolus Sketchbook vol. 3: Necropolis
Ptolus Sketchbook vol. 4: Oldtown​

Wilderlands

Wilderlands of High Fantasy (new)
Wilderlands of High Fantasy (new) Map Pack​

Ancient Kingdoms: Mesopotamia
Thieves World

Thieves' World Player's Manual
Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary
Murder at the Vulgar Unicorn
Thieves' World Gazetteer​

Eternal Rome
Skull & Bones
Trojan War