D&D General How Do You Feel About Established Lore

[Voadam]

My homebrew setting is a mashup. I extensively use lore that I like from a lot of settings and games and such (various D&D settings, Golarion, WFRP, WH40K, World of Darkness, lots of others). Weaving in a lot of lore from a lot of settings is a lot of fun for me. None of it is 100% but I use a lot of lore and it is fairly important for my games and my DMing.

 

[GungHo]

I use it for some inspiration and ideas, but not as far as adaptation. I like reading it, though.

 

[Storyteller Hero]

The most important aspect of published lore imo is the time it saves having to come up with stuff on one's own. Probably the majority of people who play DnD have a lot of responsibilities outside of their DnD campaigns, so being able to save time by having ready-to-use material can greatly affect their enjoyment of the game. Even if just for inspiration, that means time saved from being stuck trying to brainstorm ideas.

 

[Lojaan]

Lore is just shorthand for "if you can't think of something cool yourself, use this".