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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lhorgrim" data-source="post: 5292294" data-attributes="member: 12222">Published settings can be a time saver because the players can read about the world they are playing in and learn on their own time.This allows more table time to be spent on the action, yet keeps everybody mostly on the same page about the details of the setting.  The players know where the oceans and deserts are, and they will have an idea about the flavor of the big cities and usually where the different races have major enclaves.As others have said, this can be a major time saver, but can also cause problems if the players resist the DM making changes.  What if I want Evereska (a major Elf community in the Forgotten Realms) to be a Hobgoblin stronghold?  Most Forgotten Realms elf players I've ever gamed with would have a stroke.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I usually suggest a homebrew because you can tailor it to your game and your players.  Points of Light actually works well for this because you can start very small and then expand as your players adventure further from "home".  In other words, build what you need as you need it.  Most PCs wouldn't have more than a passing knowledge of the geography of a world in a PoL setting.  "The sea is to the east, the frozen lands are to the north, there is a mountain range to the west, and another town far to the south."One warning about homebrews, don't get so detailed over time that a new player can't easily jump into your world.  I once sat in with a group in a homebrew that had several different human races/ethnic groups, each with their own language, in addition to the standard non-human races and a large detailed map with many defined nations.  I couldn't learn the setting fast enough to get "into" the game and I drifted away.  I'm not saying not to have those details in your game, but it is helpful to be able to condense them to a player info sheet that a new player can easily reference until they get up to speed.</blockquote>

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