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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 5902368" data-attributes="member: 14291">But the amount of printed setting material for Goalrion is irrelevant, for the following reasons:1. A starting GM wishing to use Golarion could start with something as simple as the Inner Sea Gazetteer or stop at the Campaign Setting hardcover.  Nothing else is required.2. No metaplot.  Unlike the Forgotten Realms, there are no world-shaking events impacting large swaths of setting.3. Modularity.  By design, Golarion's regions/nations are designed to self-contained.  If I want to have Ulfen influences from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings in Varisia, I can.  But if I don't want/can't afford/ or am a new GM, nothing is requiring me to purchase setting material where I set my campaign.  (And just like the old days, the campaign setting could just be the area around a village like in Crypt of the Everflame.)Despite the amount of material out there, there are nations and regions that haven't received more than a two-page treatment in the Campaign Setting book.  Factor in continents and other unexplored areas...By doing things the way that Paizo has, Golarion's lore is a feature, not a barrier to entry.</blockquote>