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Michael Morris

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So, we're in General so... What's your favorite Campaign Setting?
 

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My favorite campaign setting is called Mythica. It is a joint venture homebrew with buddies from high school and before. We don't get to play much, so the plot has been moving rather slowlly since the advent of 3.0.

The basic premise was to allow us to slowly expand the world as needed. We started out in the city of Thain, which had been occupied by invading orcs for a generation. Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, the evil sorcerer that was running the orcs was slain and the orcs abandoned the city. The prince took a contingent of nobles to follow the orcs. At the beginning of the campaign, the prince had not been heard from for weeks. Various factions were all attempting to gain some degree of control over the city. Examples included the remaining nobles, the ruling family (just the young princess and her controlling regent), the dwarves who ran the salt mines under the town, a couple of religious groups, etc.

Each PC was to be a representative of one of the factions, so everyone started out with common goals of helping the city regain it's footing after being destroyed and occupied by the orcs, as well as differing goals depending upon the faction they represented.

So after over 3 years of game time and real time, we actually managed to find the lost prince in our last session, in a distant land to the east, and are now attempting to return him to the city. He is the only remaining nobility, as the poor princess was turned into a hag in one of our failed adventures.

I don't have a favorite published setting, but am looking forward to Eberron.
 

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Anyway, my homebrew is my longtime favorite. Of published settings I like Planescape and Traveller, both pretty much for the same reason: they give you room to maneuver, and at the same time give you loads of source material, which is a combo that can't be beat.

Lately, I've been tiring on my homebrew, and has taken a shine to the Second World Sourcebook setting, an interesting setting with intriguing possibilities, but leaves a lot to the GM. Too bad it doesn't look like the author is going to be able to actively support it anymore. :(
 

I'd have to say my favorite right now is the "default" D&D world. I'm not talking about Greyhawk, just about the kind of pseudo-medieval world that happens when you play with just the PHB, MM, and DMG without a particular setting in mind.
 



Well, my homebrew.

Outside of that I like Gaz 3: Principlaties of Glantri, the softcover book that is now out of print, but you can still get as a PDF.

I dropped out of gaming while Planescape was being printed. My loss, I suspect. I really loved Planescape:Torment.
 

My campaign is actually the home of two D&D groups of mine. One is good (paladin, good cleric, ect) the other is evil (vampire, satanic cult leader psion, ect). The two groups are moving about in this world, developing and gaining a bit of background and personal motivation as the characters do different things. I plan to eventually bring the two groups together in a uber-crazy conflict involving small armies and extraplanar intervention. Whichever group survives gets to go on crusading for thier side (Celestials vs. Devils) and eventually attempt an invasion of the opposing plane itself (Celestia vs. Baator).

Nifty concept, no? :D
 



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