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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5300999" data-attributes="member: 22779">Obryn - I can totally get behind that.About the only setting that I did invest heavily in was Scarred Lands.&nbsp; And, quite frankly, 99% of the material I'll never use.&nbsp; I'm really tired of buying books just so they can sit on my shelf and gather dust.So, for me, a fire and forget setting is perfect.&nbsp; The core books for the setting, presumably, are going to see lots of use.&nbsp; Anything beyond that is just extra bells and whistles.&nbsp; Most of the time it doesn't even save you any work, just makes more work to try to incorporate later books into the setting.If I'm going to have to do the lions share of the work developing a campaign in a given setting anyway, why do I really need fifteen books, twelve of which likely don't even deal with what my campaign is about right now anyway.To me, it's not, &quot;why get into an unsupported setting&quot; it's, &quot;Why bother with a bunch of books I'm never likely to use anyway.Most of the &quot;support&quot; for settings is just reading material anyway.&nbsp; I don't buy gaming books for reading material.&nbsp; I buy novels for that.&nbsp; If a gaming book isn't usable at the table right now, I'm not going to buy it anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5300999, member: 22779"] Obryn - I can totally get behind that. About the only setting that I did invest heavily in was Scarred Lands. And, quite frankly, 99% of the material I'll never use. I'm really tired of buying books just so they can sit on my shelf and gather dust. So, for me, a fire and forget setting is perfect. The core books for the setting, presumably, are going to see lots of use. Anything beyond that is just extra bells and whistles. Most of the time it doesn't even save you any work, just makes more work to try to incorporate later books into the setting. If I'm going to have to do the lions share of the work developing a campaign in a given setting anyway, why do I really need fifteen books, twelve of which likely don't even deal with what my campaign is about right now anyway. To me, it's not, "why get into an unsupported setting" it's, "Why bother with a bunch of books I'm never likely to use anyway. Most of the "support" for settings is just reading material anyway. I don't buy gaming books for reading material. I buy novels for that. If a gaming book isn't usable at the table right now, I'm not going to buy it anymore. [/QUOTE]

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