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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 5830839" data-attributes="member: 27385"><p>I like settings to have more detail over less, but still have rom for DM's to add to it to make it their own, not just a module. It was said earlier about the mage guild with only some being detailed and some left for each DM to play with. I would have smaller areas for play and thus have them be better detailed and better organized for those wanting to add things as well. FR did ok with the local books, but the original gray box just had several pages on each region/country and only like 10% was premade. </p><p></p><p>Another thing I would like to see is that some locations are left off limits and you are told from the beginning. I remember some setting doing this before, not sure which right now. I think if you buy this cool setting and have the town and dungeon on the outskirts set up a certain way for a campaign then come back around later with another group or even the same group that it should still be what you designed and not changed because a supplement came out. Yes, I know you can leave it since it is yours and you are the DM, but I have books from 2E that have old things I designed and that I can dust off and run again with out much effort. I guess this part is more a rant.</p><p></p><p>I would like to have some sort of website that people can add to as a bonus for that setting. I'm sure some places already do this to a certain extent, but I'm talking something with links and suport. There is no money in this part though. Imagine you are playing FR and you could grab a module someone else made for a tomb in Cormyr where you are playing. You could change it to suit your needs and level. You could use it as is with the backstory given or change it and repost it back as a option for the same location or place it in another location. Traveling to Waterdeep, grab someones tavern map and description, someone elses npc for a hook and a third persons sewer map. Now, you can add some encounters to the map and repost it after you have finished.</p><p></p><p>These are all options to the oficial campaign, but become great tools for people coming back to your setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aco175, post: 5830839, member: 27385"] I like settings to have more detail over less, but still have rom for DM's to add to it to make it their own, not just a module. It was said earlier about the mage guild with only some being detailed and some left for each DM to play with. I would have smaller areas for play and thus have them be better detailed and better organized for those wanting to add things as well. FR did ok with the local books, but the original gray box just had several pages on each region/country and only like 10% was premade. Another thing I would like to see is that some locations are left off limits and you are told from the beginning. I remember some setting doing this before, not sure which right now. I think if you buy this cool setting and have the town and dungeon on the outskirts set up a certain way for a campaign then come back around later with another group or even the same group that it should still be what you designed and not changed because a supplement came out. Yes, I know you can leave it since it is yours and you are the DM, but I have books from 2E that have old things I designed and that I can dust off and run again with out much effort. I guess this part is more a rant. I would like to have some sort of website that people can add to as a bonus for that setting. I'm sure some places already do this to a certain extent, but I'm talking something with links and suport. There is no money in this part though. Imagine you are playing FR and you could grab a module someone else made for a tomb in Cormyr where you are playing. You could change it to suit your needs and level. You could use it as is with the backstory given or change it and repost it back as a option for the same location or place it in another location. Traveling to Waterdeep, grab someones tavern map and description, someone elses npc for a hook and a third persons sewer map. Now, you can add some encounters to the map and repost it after you have finished. These are all options to the oficial campaign, but become great tools for people coming back to your setting. [/QUOTE]
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