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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GuardianLurker" data-source="post: 3118865" data-attributes="member: 786">From the opposite end...I'm a homebrew DM. Other have covered all the responses I could give on that point as well, or better, than I. I also play.I *prefer* to play in homebrews. Because, contrary to your original post, I've found that it's the GMs who rely on published settings who are lazy. After all, from the GM perspective, that's what using a prepublished setting does - it *spares* you effort. I've found time and again that "published setting" GMs are less invested in the setting, and thus in the game. Which detracts from *my* enjoyment.I also enjoy seeing other people's homebrews. I learn  and get inspired by them. Plus, it tells me a lot about the kind of campaign the GM runs, and what I can expect.I've also run into another problem - I'm very much a run and find out player, and I'll read up on as much background info as I can (that relates to my character). This has caused problems. Example: I played in an FR campaign based in the Silvery Marches. On pure random chance, I had my character be from Silverymoon. Then when "Silver Marches" came out, I bought the book and read up on Silverymoon. Just as I had read up on FR in general. This caused my GM problems, because (unbeknownst to me) he considered some of the info (rightly or wrongly) as priviliged info. Which I now knew, because I hadn't known it was out-of-bounds beforehand. When I found out, I of course promptly put the info in the "Meta-game OOC Do Not Touch" folder. But it still caused a problem. And I've run into that response more than once.This doesn't mean that I buy and read the adventures, but I do consider setting supplements to be fair game. Basically, I get miffed if my GM gets miffed that I did my research. And, of course, if I'm forbidden from getting those supplements, I might as well be playing a homebrew setting anyway.The upshot is that I've had many more poor RPG experiences in campaigns using published settings than I have otherwise.</blockquote>

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