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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3694514" data-attributes="member: 2205">a) your favorite setting, or b) the setting you run.Currently I'm a player in an Age of Worms game, but I ran Dark•Heritage (linked in my sig) last time I ran.Why do you like it more than other settings?Well, duh.&nbsp; It's my setting.&nbsp; I purposefully put in all the stuff I liked and left out all the stuff I don't, which no other author has been thoughtful enough to do for me yet.If you are using your own homebrew, why do you prefer it to published settings?Because I need to be able to adjust details about it on the fly.&nbsp; Plus, it's much less work to homebrew, which means I can focus on having better games instead of spending all my prep time researching setting details.&nbsp; Also, as I already said, it has all the stuff I like and none of ht stuff I don't.&nbsp; Even if I were playing bog-standard D&amp;D that would be true, in my case, I'm actually diverging quite significantly from D&amp;D.&nbsp; I don't even call my game D&amp;D anymore; I call it some kind of d20 fantasy.If you chose your own homebrew setting, please don't just say that you like it because it's yours; if that's the best you can say for it you are doing a diservice to your players as there are plenty of really good published settings out there that have tons going for them.Pshaw.&nbsp; Says you.&nbsp; In my opinion running any canned setting is doing a disservice to your players, because it's always harder to tailor it to the group than something you make up.&nbsp; At least it is for my GMing style; but since homebrewing is half the fun of GMing, I wouldn't enjoy GMing in a canned setting nearly as much.&nbsp; And if the GM isnt' happy running it, than that's a further disservice to his players.&nbsp; Still; honestly, the idea of having to know a published setting as well as I know my homebrew is fairly daunting.Also, try to critique your setting as well.&nbsp; Think of the aspects of the setting could have been done better, and think of ways to fix it.Way ahead of you there, pal.&nbsp; The rules work fine in play, but referencing them is a bit unwieldy.&nbsp; So I've cut back on a mishmash of SRD and other OGL content and am now just using d20 Modern + d20 Past, with the &quot;Shadow Stalkers&quot; campaign model, just on a different world instead of our own past.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 3694514, member: 2205"] [b]a) your favorite setting, or b) the setting you run.[/b] Currently I'm a player in an Age of Worms game, but I ran Dark•Heritage (linked in my sig) last time I ran. [b]Why do you like it more than other settings?[/b] Well, duh. It's my setting. I purposefully put in all the stuff I liked and left out all the stuff I don't, which no other author has been thoughtful enough to do for me yet. [b]If you are using your own homebrew, why do you prefer it to published settings?[/b] Because I need to be able to adjust details about it on the fly. Plus, it's much less work to homebrew, which means I can focus on having better games instead of spending all my prep time researching setting details. Also, as I already said, it has all the stuff I like and none of ht stuff I don't. Even if I were playing bog-standard D&D that would be true, in my case, I'm actually diverging quite significantly from D&D. I don't even call my game D&D anymore; I call it some kind of d20 fantasy. [b]If you chose your own homebrew setting, please don't just say that you like it because it's yours; if that's the best you can say for it you are doing a diservice to your players as there are plenty of really good published settings out there that have tons going for them.[/b] Pshaw. Says you. In my opinion running [b]any[/b] canned setting is doing a disservice to your players, because it's always harder to tailor it to the group than something you make up. At least it is for my GMing style; but since homebrewing is half the fun of GMing, I wouldn't enjoy GMing in a canned setting nearly as much. And if the GM isnt' happy running it, than that's a further disservice to his players. Still; honestly, the idea of having to know a published setting as well as I know my homebrew is fairly daunting. [b]Also, try to critique your setting as well. Think of the aspects of the setting could have been done better, and think of ways to fix it.[/b] Way ahead of you there, pal. The rules work fine in play, but referencing them is a bit unwieldy. So I've cut back on a mishmash of SRD and other OGL content and am now just using d20 Modern + d20 Past, with the "Shadow Stalkers" campaign model, just on a different world instead of our own past. [/QUOTE]

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