D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting

[Distracted DM]

Heroic Fantasy vs Epic Fantasy vs Mythic Fantasy vs Bright Fantasy - ok someone help me out with some definitions here

Tales of the Valiant's Game Masters Guide gives definitions for a bunch under the Adventures & Campaigns section (I like that they took the time and page count to detail such).. but not those
But man, the ToV GMG is so good!

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[Paul Farquhar]

Tales of the Valiant's Game Masters Guide gives definitions for a bunch under the Adventures & Campaigns section (I like that they took the time and page count to detail such).. but not those
But man, the ToV GMG is so good!

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Personally, I think a setting should not dictate the type of adventure that takes place there. It should be limited to describing people, places, history, physical and magical laws. etc. The style of storytelling should be left to the players.

 

[Distracted DM]

Personally, I think a setting should not dictate the type of adventure that takes place there. It should be limited to describing people, places, history, physical and magical laws. etc. The style of storytelling should be left to the players.

Sure! You can play a game in a sword and sorcery setting where the players run a tavern.

But I don't think it's harmful to define a genre, name inspirations for it, and suggest the kind of adventures that that genre lends itself to. Is that what you're responding to?