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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 4437805" data-attributes="member: 10177">As a player, and as a DM, I usually prefer published. Why? Well, usually, published is done far better then most home brews. Published has a write up for me to read, and maps. Good maps.Now some people do excellent home brew write ups. Those of you who have taken a look at the ENWorld poster Seskis home brew link know what I consider a quality homebrew write up, and he has excellent maps.I have to agree with the previous poster who used the word "masterb...", way too many Home brewers have been falsely convinced of the "AWESOMENESS" of their home brew. They think they are being fresh, new, and a genius. They weren't.Plus using a published world lets me know up front if I will like the game. If its Eberron, OAthbound, Athas, Planescape, Dungeonworld, or Morningstar I know I likely won't. If its Dawnforge, Aeroth, Faerun, Greyhawk, Golarian, Kalamar, Scarred Lands, Ravenloft, Warcraft, Rokugan, Wilderlands, Erde, or Iron Kingdoms I know it has a good shot at being enjoyable for me.If its "Homebrew X" I have no idea unless they have done a write up like Seskis did. Which they rarely do. Its usually just notes in a notebook, or on their computer, and I never get to see them.Plus published have the best maps.The only time I HATE published is in the case like Faerun. I hate it when novels, etc... are treated like the gospel. I have no problems with Elminster being used to be a helpful ally and guide to the party, but I hate it when he becomes the story and the PC's are his lackeys along for the ride. Khelban, Alustriel, etc... are all great characters too. However the setting, and those NPC's, are there to support the story of the PC's, not the other way around.I can accept that the party is first level and there are 31st level Elminsters running around. That means its a living, breathing world with a running history going on. I can accept that Elminster, Khelben, Alustriel, etc... do not sit in their towers all day waiting to save the world. They are already involved in saving the world. So our PC's have to do their part to save the world, because Elminster, etc... won't always arrive to clean up our failures. They are already busy doing much bigger world saving, and won't be able to pull away to save our butts.Homebrews are all too often an excuse for DM's to play favorite old PC's of theirs. Which is cool, if they are kept in their place. Aiding and advising. When they put on their equipment and mount up with the rest of us things are likely to go downhill. Not definitely, but very likely.So if a DM wants to draw me in to their homebrew they better have an awesome write up, with maps, like Seskis does; or they better start me off with a published world and show me they are a solid DM, then ask me to play the next campaign in their home brew. Still no gaurrantee their homebrew is worth a crap, but it is more likely.</blockquote>

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