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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5423078" data-attributes="member: 10784">It doesn't really matter what is on paper, IMHO.  A good DM can make the most bland world on paper come alive & seem like an exciting place to game.  A bad DM can take a great setting on paper and make it bland or mediocre.  A great DM can take that bland world on paper and make it seem not only exciting, but a fantastical, living, breathing place that you look forward to visiting each time you game.I think a good strong history and colorful NPCs can help make a world come alive - and, I'm not talking about super NPCs like Elminster, Drizzt and others.  An intriguing mid level rogue who runs the capital city's thieves guild with a ruthless efficiency; a cranky old sage type who has great knowledge, but asks a great price to get this information; the charismatic lawful good paladin-king who thinks the only way to stop the oncoming hobgoblin invasion is to unite the several small nations around his under his rule... whether they want to unite or not.and, for history, give the world an overall history, and then a history for each individual kingdom/empire/nation/city-state...</blockquote>