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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3143442" data-attributes="member: 36597">DMG3: Campaign BuilderRather than going whole-hog with a new campaign setting like Eberron, I'd much rather see a different approach.Why not make a Dungeon Master's Guide III: Campaign Builder?  Have the first fifty pages with in-depth campaign building advice, then the rest of the book be like Green Ronin's True20 "Worlds of Adventure" - where they could highlight 5-7 different campaign worlds.  These new worlds could use other books like "Tome of Battle: Book of 9 Swords" or "Magic of Incarnum", and build a setting around them, complete with major groups, important places and background plots.I remember looking for an OA setting a few years ago and stumbling across the Web Enabled campaign setting based on ancient India (Marzapan?).  Just reading those 10 pages or so really opened my eyes to the possibilities of what you could do with some rules and a vision.This DMG3 book could sort of do the same thing - show that you don't have to necessarily create an entire world, but a place large enough and exciting enough to contains a few year's worth of fun.Realistically though I'd much rather they focus on creating more large adventure books like "Red Hand of Doom" or "Ravenloft" which really help the harried DM.</blockquote>