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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeBlank" data-source="post: 733077" data-attributes="member: 1806">Again, many thanks for the responses, very helpful information.For those concerned that I felt I would not have the time to run a Scarred Lands, or any other, campaign: I failed to mention before, not wanting to bore anyone with details, but I play in one main game with 4-6 others. We live great distances apart and have a hard time getting together regularly, often play over email and on OpenRPG, whatever format we can get. We rotate DMs within the same campaign.The campaign, Mythica, is set up so that all of us who desire to DM can do so, and still get a chance to play. It is based in a city that has been occupied by orcs for close to 200 years. At the start of the campaign (this incarnation), about 3 years ago, the orcs had just up and left without warning or reason.The PCs all come from the city (Thain), and for various reasons end up exploring the surrounding country to see what has gone on while Thain was occupied. They try to make contact with other cities, set up trade routes, and also just explore and bring back information. We divided the unknown lands, so each DM has control over a vast area. Each time that person is ready to DM, the PCs wind up exploring in his area. So, I can't radically change the campaign the way some DMs like to do. There is no transporting the PCs to the Oathbound setting, or Scarred Lands, or any other setting. Putting a city even the size of Bluffside anywhere close to Thain would not be logical, why did the orcs not attack Bluffside? Why did Bluffside not come to the aid of Thain? I can however bring in a lot of the good elements from published materials if I can find a logical place to put it in the area I control. In fact, Bellhold (from Of Sound Mind) is in my area.At this point, the PCs have only managed to get a couple months' journey away from Thain. Eventually, we could move farther, even to other continents, which would open things up for things like Bluffside and mini-versions of other settings. But remember, it has taken us 3 years to get this far, and all of the PCs have ties to Thain which would discourage them from leaving for years at a time. Also, if we ever make it to higher levels then teleportation and the like could open up the possibilities.So for now I am looking for a campaign setting book that is a good read, with some portable ideas and crunchy bits. I mentioned FR, but all we have used from there are a few spells, feats and one wild elf PC. I played in a FR PBEM, and am now in an Iron Kingdoms PBEM (so I can't buy the Witchfire Trilogy, the DM is using it). I do plan to get Lock and Load, but have not run across it yet.</blockquote>

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