Settings you want to like

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Alright, so we've had least favorite setting threads and most favorites, but I've got a different question. Is there any campaign setting out there that you don't like but really want to? Is it just something small keeping you from enjoying it as a whole or something else? Are the novels the only thing turning you off of Dragonlance or is it Eberron's Lightning Rail that kills the setting for you?

 

[EricNoah]

For me, it's both Greyhawk and Dragonlance.

The idea of the old school setting like Greyhawk is appealing. The reality is that I simply don't know enough about its history and details to do it right.

Dragonlance ... might have just been a matter of timing. If I'd gotten into it right when it was starting and could today call myself somewhat of an expert at it, then this dwarves/elves/halflings/dragons world might be my default instead of FR. As it was, FR was the one I got in on the ground floor with, and know enough about it to be able to rattle off city names, major power groups, and historical events. But the situation could have been reversed if I'd met Dragonlance first.

So for me, FR isn't just about it being better, it's simply that I know it better and it has always done the job very well for me.

 

[eris404]

Eberron. I keep hearing good things about it that make me interested, but I just can't bring myself to buy it. Not because of any perceived flaws, but because I know I'd never get to use it fully as a setting. Our current DMs have either created their own worlds or use Greyhawk or the Forgotten Realms. There just isn't any more room at the gaming table.

 

[VirgilCaine]

For me, it's both Greyhawk and Dragonlance.

The idea of the old school setting like Greyhawk is appealing. The reality is that I simply don't know enough about its history and details to do it right.

Um, as far as I know, Greyhawk gives you some details, but the individual DM is free (yea, required) to make up the rest of the details or alter it to suit his tastes.

 

[caudor]

For me, it's Eberron. The setting has a lot of pluses and I'll probably warm up to it given time; however, when I think D&D I think about elves, wizards, and orcs--not Robocop.

 

[Alebrije]

I would say that Talislanta and Avadnu setting are the ones i would like to see (or spaws). Im tired of the same old setting about dragons, elves, dwarfs... I need new fresh and cool ideas

 

[EricNoah]

Um, as far as I know, Greyhawk gives you some details, but the individual DM is free (yea, required) to make up the rest of the details or alter it to suit his tastes.

Yep, and some find that freeing, while I find it not as helpful as something with more detail. (edit: I should also add -- there actually is quite a bit of history and detail available if one wants to look around -- the old TSR scans, the Living Greyhawk book, etc. It's maybe not as handily packaged as FR's detail, but it is there in copious amounts if I did want to hunt it down.)

The downside of more detail, of course, is it's harder to jump in and get going later on down the road. Thus my Dragonlance problem.

(The other DL problem, I just realized, has to do with its timeline/history -- there is a past, a present, and a future -- if I want to set the game in/around the War of the Lance. Same problem with Star Wars universe -- there's not only established past canon, there's established future canon. That's hard for me to game around, for some reason.)

I see DL, FR, and GH basically on the same plane -- all pretty much "standard" D&D worlds. I figure if I know one pretty well, that's all I'll need for standard D&D games. The investment of time/energy to get to know the other two as well as I know the one doesn't, at the moment, seem worth it.

 

[Odhanan]

A setting I would like to like? Midnight.

The only original thing about this setting is the "evil won" paradigm. I would have wanted more of original stuff with this paradigm, not just this stuff on a tolkienian world. As for the technical aspect of it, it still gives me a bad impression.

 

[diaglo]

Planescape

i don't like 2nd lvl or even 1st lvl characters skipping around the planes like they are going out to the store and back. i don't like the language.. berk.

i don't like the infinite number of homeless gods.


i'd like to play a game in this setting based on what i've bought for it. but i can't bring myself to hack it to pieces just so i'd enjoy it.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Ghostwalk - Cool concept but poorly designed (IMO).