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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6304225" data-attributes="member: 59082">I really like the general idea - which I see as encouraging to the point of institutionalizing world-building and creativity so that the default mode isn't to use the pre-fabricated works of others, but to create one's own - and for WotC to help facilitate that task with a variety of tools.That said, I'm not sure your recommendation is the right one - although it is very well thought out and I appreciate the attempt. For instance, I like the idea of WotC unabashedly having and using their own settings and names, but rather with a clear emphasis and underlying--and repeated--declaration that &quot;this is our world, you can use it if you want, but it is more fun to create your own - for guidelines on that see Part X, or Y book.&quot;For me the missing tool--the holy grail, even--of D&amp;D resources is a good World/Campaign/Adventure Builder in the spirit of Character Builder, but three (modular) levels:*World Builder - helps you, either step-by-step or non-linear, build a world. This would include everything from cosmology to taverns. *Campaign Builder - build a mega-adventure or campaign within said world (or a pre-fabricated world).*Adventure Builder - this would perhaps be most useful as it helps you design your own adventures.In addition to those layers, you'd have different levels of assistance - anything from &quot;You do everything, we'll just give you templates for organization&quot; to &quot;pick options from drop-down menus and we'll build it for you.&quot;Just some ideas to throw in the mix.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6304225, member: 59082"] I really like the general idea - which I see as encouraging to the point of institutionalizing world-building and creativity so that the default mode isn't to use the pre-fabricated works of others, but to create one's own - and for WotC to help facilitate that task with a variety of tools. That said, I'm not sure your recommendation is the right one - although it is very well thought out and I appreciate the attempt. For instance, I like the idea of WotC unabashedly having and using their own settings and names, but rather with a clear emphasis and underlying--and repeated--declaration that "this is our world, you can use it if you want, but it is more fun to create your own - for guidelines on that see Part X, or Y book." For me the missing tool--the holy grail, even--of D&D resources is a good World/Campaign/Adventure Builder in the spirit of Character Builder, but three (modular) levels: *World Builder - helps you, either step-by-step or non-linear, build a world. This would include everything from cosmology to taverns. *Campaign Builder - build a mega-adventure or campaign within said world (or a pre-fabricated world). *Adventure Builder - this would perhaps be most useful as it helps you design your own adventures. In addition to those layers, you'd have different levels of assistance - anything from "You do everything, we'll just give you templates for organization" to "pick options from drop-down menus and we'll build it for you." Just some ideas to throw in the mix. [/QUOTE]

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