D&D General Kara Tur 5e

[Corinnguard]

Plenty of folks in the RPG industry aren't in it (as opposed to some other work) for the money.

I like to think homebrewers like Laser Llama do it because they've figured out how to make a class not only look better but work better too. And that can be something of a challenge with regards to certain classes, like the Ranger. If I was to play another Ranger, I would pick his version of the class.

 

[haakon1]

It seems to be the only "safe" way, from the megacorp point of view. If you want different in today's world, look outside WotC.

Sounds right.

I think OA was the first (or one of the first) D&D setting that wasn’t quasi European (unlike Greyhawk, Known World, FR - though it preceded FR, I think). I assume it did OK since they created so many other settings.

Could perhaps be money in something different, but we all know the risk of going non-European.

 

[Corinnguard]

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Kimimaro

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[Demetrios1453]

Sounds right.

I think OA was the first (or one of the first) D&D setting that wasn’t quasi European (unlike Greyhawk, Known World, FR - though it preceded FR, I think). I assume it did OK since they created so many other settings.

Could perhaps be money in something different, but we all know the risk of going non-European.

I mean, they have taken a first step in that with Calimshan in the upcoming FR books. I don't doubt that they are using it as a trial balloon to gauge if further exploration into non-Western-inspired settings is viable.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I like to think homebrewers like Laser Llama do it because they've figured out how to make a class not only look better but work better too. And that can be something of a challenge with regards to certain classes, like the Ranger. If I was to play another Ranger, I would pick his version of the class.

Heard good things about their work.