Sell me on a setting

[Bloodstone Mage]

I'm for Ghostwalk!
Here's some links that can influence your decision:

Ghostwalk - SeanKReynolds.com
Ghostwalk Countries Sketch Map
Wizards of the Coast In the Works: Now 30% Crunchier (May 11, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast In the Works: Ghost (Template) (June 15, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast In the Works: Many, Many Excerpts, Illustrations, and JPGs for the Peeking (June 15, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast Personality Spotlight: Ghostwalk Designers Interview (June 1, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast Ghostwalk Excerpt (June 6, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast Ghostwalk Web Enhancement (June 7, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast Ghostwalk Art Gallery (June 15, 2003)
Wizards of the Coast Ghostwalk Map Gallery (June 26, 2003)
GamingReport.com: Ghostwalk Closer Look - Interior Images

 

[drquestion]

I don't own Ghostwalk, but I've had a chance to look through the book. The setting looks to be well done, but strikes me as a bit gimmicky. On the other hand, that might not bother you, since it's not going to be your main campaign.

I'll second the reccomendation to check out Oathbound. There's a lot of interesting setting detail, and lots of opportunity to play a very non-traditional type of character while still retaining the basic feel of D&D. It has a more or less overt "Planescape, but without actually being Planescape" vibe to it.

Finally, you might want to take a look at Slaine. It's a bit further removed from traditional D&D than the other settings that have been mentioned so far, since it uses variant classes and a completely different magic system, but it's very well-done. The pulp-Celtic setting is something that I think a variety of types of players could easily get into. I mean, who doesn't think that the idea of playing a blue-painted warrior who charges into battle buck-naked and turns into a kind of twisted giant when he's angry is kind of cool? Or, for the more subtle, you can play a druid (not at all like the standard D&D class) who is the custodian of his culture's store of knowledge and tradition, and gains magical power from animal (or human) sacrifices.

drquestion

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

At the risk of sending DanMcS into convulsions, I'd just like to say that Ghostwalk can definately be a nice supplement to use with Midnight.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Wow, look at all the stupid fanboys, he asks about Ghostwalk and the Unapproachable East, and you lot can't stop foaming at the mouth long enough to read his post.

Huh? What was the point of such a rude post? I don't see anyone frothing at the mouth. People are giving their opinions. So what if they mention settings other than the ones he initially mentioned? Ghostwalk and Unapproachable East are both new, so it's unlikely everyone has them. A civil discussion about settings people do have is far preferrable to a flame war or a thread that sinks out of sight instantly.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I'd just like to say that Ghostwalk can definately be a nice supplement to use with Midnight.

Or Oathbound.

 

[d20Dwarf]

Or Oathbound.

Or Midnight.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Or Midnight.

Or Oathbound.

The Hunt: Rise of Evil setting from Mystic Eye is very underrated. It isn't as glossy or as nicely put-together as the ones being discussed here, but conceptually it rates rigth along with them, I believe.

 

[Aeolius]

"plain ol'" 3e D&D...underwater

Beneath the Pinnacles of Azor'alq

 

[Tsyr]

Actualy, given Midnight's cosmology, Ghostwalk doesn't really go all that good with it at all...

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Actualy, given Midnight's cosmology, Ghostwalk doesn't really go all that good with it at all...

Yeah, we know. We're just horsing around.

Ghostwalk seems like it would be easy to plug into most campaign worlds, though. In that respect it reminds me of Red Steel, a forgotten, but very good, setting.