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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9355317" data-attributes="member: 50987">I want world-building input from my players.  When I am putting a new campaign together, I always ask them for the following stuff at a minimum.What races/ancestries are you going to play?  This tells me which races are going to be important in the setting.  I need to focus on these, but I can ignore or remove the rest.  If nobody wants to play a drow or a tiefling, I don't need to include them in the campaign lore (unless I need them as NPCs.)What classes/subclasses are you going to use?  Same as above, but it's a deeper cut.  If nobody is interested in playing a cleric, paladin, or warlock, for example, it means I can remove them from the game without causing problems....heck, I could even remove gods and religion entirely if I wanted.  But if they do want to play a cleric or paladin, that will inform me of which gods/temples/faiths need the most focus.What is your background and origin story?  I probably already have the starting point of the campaign written--the town they all live in, a few NPCs they will meet, a dungeon to explore--but their characters' own histories will shape it.  The soldier background is popular with my group, so I usually have to add a military presence nearby.  The pirate background is also popular, so I try to also put that town near the sea.  Or I combine them into a naval presence.So anyway.  I don't get player input on where to put different kingdoms, or where the mountains are, or the shape of the world.  But I rely on their character choices to help me focus the world.</blockquote>

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