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<blockquote data-quote="WhatGravitas" data-source="post: 4151484" data-attributes="member: 33132">Okay, I'm planning for a new campaign with my group this summer (and hence will be using 4E) - but I need a setting I can wrap my head around.Some of my preferences:- I like Wheel of Time a lot, at least the atmosphere - mainly because of the wealth of implied cultures, recurring characters and themes and his names, I guess I also enjoy their interaction.- But I also dig Mieville's Bas-Lag novels. I like his style and the weirdness and brutality of his world.- I definitively like pulpy and/or S&amp;S influences. And give me more tentacles, i.e. Lovecraftian, inhuman, alien histories. Like &quot;At the Mountains of Madness&quot;.- I also have a certain penchant for &quot;scientific&quot; magic, less for the whimsical &quot;dark arts&quot; magic of S&amp;S.- I need grit and darker fantasy.I've considered Eberron (and used it in the past), but there are some hindrances: - The map. The scale just... bothers me to no end, it gives me mile-wide rivers (because some rivers are broad enough to be more than a blue line).- The over-abundance of civilization: Too much explored on Khorvaire, especially for its size. Even if I use the original scale to get more &quot;wilderness&quot;, the distances between centres get insanely large. Basically, I want a bit more medieval/dark age/PoL atmosphere. I don't like that a lot is shoved into Xen'drik.- Sometimes too happy: Well, the empire of Galifar is a notch too perfect for me - over 800 years of peaceful development.- Sometimes tries too hard to be different: Less of a bother for me, but for my players - they want normal Drow. The broad magic is sometimes too pervasive (I also have the feeling that this changes a lot from book to book). And as a DM, I want a looot more ancient empires. I don't like that a lot is shoved into Xen'drik.Right now, I'm planning to rip Eberron apart, inject a bit of Iron Kingdoms, a bit of Call of Cthulhu, and a bit of Points of Light. And I guess I will get my &quot;dream setting&quot; out of it.But there's the off-chance that there'sa) a perfect setting for me out there, andb) that there are more settings that could serve as inspiration.So, shoot me your settings.Cheers, LT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WhatGravitas, post: 4151484, member: 33132"] Okay, I'm planning for a new campaign with my group this summer (and hence will be using 4E) - but I need a setting I can wrap my head around. Some of my preferences: - I like Wheel of Time a lot, at least the atmosphere - mainly because of the wealth of implied cultures, recurring characters and themes and his names, I guess I also enjoy their interaction. - But I also dig Mieville's Bas-Lag novels. I like his style and the weirdness and brutality of his world. - I definitively like pulpy and/or S&S influences. And give me more tentacles, i.e. Lovecraftian, inhuman, alien histories. Like "At the Mountains of Madness". - I also have a certain penchant for "scientific" magic, less for the whimsical "dark arts" magic of S&S. - I need grit and darker fantasy. I've considered Eberron (and used it in the past), but there are some hindrances: - The map. The scale just... bothers me to no end, it gives me mile-wide rivers (because some rivers are broad enough to be more than a blue line). - The over-abundance of civilization: Too much explored on Khorvaire, especially for its size. Even if I use the original scale to get more "wilderness", the distances between centres get insanely large. Basically, I want a bit more medieval/dark age/PoL atmosphere. I don't like that a lot is shoved into Xen'drik. - Sometimes too happy: Well, the empire of Galifar is a notch [i]too[/i] perfect for me - over 800 years of peaceful development. - Sometimes tries too hard to be different: Less of a bother for me, but for my players - they want normal Drow. The broad magic is sometimes too pervasive (I also have the feeling that this changes a lot from book to book). And as a DM, I want a looot more ancient empires. I don't like that a lot is shoved into Xen'drik. Right now, I'm planning to rip Eberron apart, inject a bit of Iron Kingdoms, a bit of Call of Cthulhu, and a bit of Points of Light. And I guess I will get my "dream setting" out of it. But there's the off-chance that there's a) a perfect setting for me out there, and b) that there are more settings that could serve as inspiration. So, shoot me your settings. Cheers, LT. [/QUOTE]

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