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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DerekSTheRed" data-source="post: 6095625" data-attributes="member: 55770">I stayed away from mentioning Campaign Settings too much in my original post. I thought it would start a tangent that would overshadow the question of whether a Living Campaign was something that should be done. If one is to be done, then the question of which campaign is important. And since that tangent happened anyway, I might as well give my thoughts on the subject.I do think that the Greyhawk setting was perfect for a Living Campaign. I know some desire a new campaign setting, but being able to re-use existing canon from Greyhawk was a big pull for a lot of players to try out LG at 3E launch and re-using an existing setting for D&D Next would have similar benefits. Greyhawk is a generic medieval European style campaign that had core rules and cosmology. It was also pretty much abandoned after the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer was published. This meant the players drove the story as opposed to Living Forgotten Realms which had novels drive their story. Since it was a impossible for the Living Forgotten Realms canon to interact with the novel line, players didn't have that sense of ownership that LG had.Any campaign setting used in a future Living Campaign for D&D Next (if one exists) should not be in Forgotten Realms or any setting with a novel line to compete with players. I would prefer it use an existing Campaign Setting as opposed to a new one, but that may not be possible if no candidate can work. It really needs to be a generic medieval European style to attract new players seeking that typical D&D feel. Yes it will have to use a core rule set which I know some might not like, but it has to appeal to the broadest user base.It will be interesting to see what WotC does with Eberron for Next. It <a href="http://keith-baker.com/have-a-gloomy-holiday/" target="_blank">might not be supported</a> they way it was in the past and could be a candidate for a Living Campaign if there won't be any more Eberron novels. There are also other older Campaign Settings that could be used like Birthright (my favorite candidate). I'd rather not see a relaunch of Living Greyhawk. It just wouldn't feel right and would give off the appearance of pandering.</blockquote>

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