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<blockquote data-quote="oxybe" data-source="post: 6290742" data-attributes="member: 80033">Golarion as a setting just leaves me feeling underwhelmed. from what i've played it's effectively just another generic fantasy setting with rebranded stand-ins for earth cultures. it could simply be the GM not being the Golarion Guru and strongly emphasizing certain key aspects i missed, but the setting as-is is pretty bog-standard.i've got an easy half-dozen settings, if not by wizards/tsr alone, i can use should i want to run a faux-europe setting, doubly so if i'm only using the setting in a superficial manner. beyond being capable of pointing at a map and going &quot;hey this is where the adventure path is occuring&quot; i don't see the immediate benefit of using golarion over, say grayhawk or faerun (copyright issues notwithstanding). even then, if you're running an AP you'll be going where the AP wants you to go so the world as an entity is pretty inconsequential. what's going on in Cheliax or even it's existence is of little to no matter to the PCs if they're in the middle of the River Kingdoms unless the AP says something is going on and it's important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oxybe, post: 6290742, member: 80033"] Golarion as a setting just leaves me feeling underwhelmed. from what i've played it's effectively just another generic fantasy setting with rebranded stand-ins for earth cultures. it could simply be the GM not being the Golarion Guru and strongly emphasizing certain key aspects i missed, but the setting as-is is pretty bog-standard. i've got an easy half-dozen settings, if not by wizards/tsr alone, i can use should i want to run a faux-europe setting, doubly so if i'm only using the setting in a superficial manner. beyond being capable of pointing at a map and going "hey this is where the adventure path is occuring" i don't see the immediate benefit of using golarion over, say grayhawk or faerun (copyright issues notwithstanding). even then, if you're running an AP you'll be going where the AP wants you to go so the world as an entity is pretty inconsequential. what's going on in Cheliax or even it's existence is of little to no matter to the PCs if they're in the middle of the River Kingdoms unless the AP says something is going on and it's important. [/QUOTE]

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