Torchbearer. (I've heard of it Five Torches Deep, but that's it for that one.)
Burning Wheel is also great for low magic, if that's what someone wants.
D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting
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Burning Wheel is also great for low magic, if that's what someone wants.
Lakesidefantasy
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Oh man, I would love to play Torchbearer. Just once at least.
Hussar
Legend
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
As it happens, just now I am playing around with the Worldographer again to prepare a bit for a Diamond Throne campaign, converting the map from the 3.x book into a hex map...Meh, I started playing D&D with The Known World. That's about exactly the size I was talking about and it had everything you needed for D&D.To me, all that other stuff is just a waste of time. I was asked what my preferences are. Well, that's my preference. Keep it small, focused and self contained. Which, to me, translates to manageable, and detailed enough that all the crap work is done for me.
Here's the Known World as it existed when I started D&D gaming:View attachment 423464
Hussar
Legend
It's funny. These sorts of threads always cause me to be a lot more self-reflective on my experiences. And thinking about this, I've always leaned heavily on smaller settings. My first setting that I really bought into was Scarred Lands. Before 3e, I pretty much only ran homebrew settings. Then I really loved Scarred Lands. Ghaelspad, the primary continent of SL just spoke to me. Adored the setting.
Then, they added Termana - a new continent. And the Blood Sea, largely divorced from Ghaelspad. And other continents after that and basically abandoned Ghaelspad and I totally fell out with the setting. I didn't want new continents, I wanted them to keep adding to the one that I liked.
Later, I got deep into Primeval Thule. Again, here's a small setting. It's fantasy Greenland and, geographically, almost the same size. Yes, there is a larger world, but, it's far away and has no real impact on the setting. I really want to return to this setting to be honest, and I really think that my next campaign might just be set here.
To me, something like Ravenloft is fantastic. Small setting with tons of detail where you can run an entire campaign. I don't really want to run a horror game in Forgotten Realms (as an example). I want a horror setting. I completely ignored Forgotten Realms in 3e for exactly this reason. Tons of high altitude material that outlines a huge number of locations, 99% of which I will never use.
I am tired of buying RPG material that sits on my shelf and gathers dust. I don't want three continents with overviews. I want one continent that has three 15-20 level adventure paths set on it. Or more. I'm okay with that. My Phandelver campaign never moved more than a 150 miles from its starting point. My Candlekeep campaign was 90% within a week's travel of Candlekeep. My current Out of the Abyss campaign takes place in an area maybe 300 miles across. Not much bigger if it is.
Give me detail. Don't give me empty geography
Then, they added Termana - a new continent. And the Blood Sea, largely divorced from Ghaelspad. And other continents after that and basically abandoned Ghaelspad and I totally fell out with the setting. I didn't want new continents, I wanted them to keep adding to the one that I liked.
Later, I got deep into Primeval Thule. Again, here's a small setting. It's fantasy Greenland and, geographically, almost the same size. Yes, there is a larger world, but, it's far away and has no real impact on the setting. I really want to return to this setting to be honest, and I really think that my next campaign might just be set here.
To me, something like Ravenloft is fantastic. Small setting with tons of detail where you can run an entire campaign. I don't really want to run a horror game in Forgotten Realms (as an example). I want a horror setting. I completely ignored Forgotten Realms in 3e for exactly this reason. Tons of high altitude material that outlines a huge number of locations, 99% of which I will never use.
I am tired of buying RPG material that sits on my shelf and gathers dust. I don't want three continents with overviews. I want one continent that has three 15-20 level adventure paths set on it. Or more. I'm okay with that. My Phandelver campaign never moved more than a 150 miles from its starting point. My Candlekeep campaign was 90% within a week's travel of Candlekeep. My current Out of the Abyss campaign takes place in an area maybe 300 miles across. Not much bigger if it is.
Give me detail. Don't give me empty geography
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