Gradine
The Elephant in the Room (she/her)
Birthright 18 I'm not sure it's the worst setting but it's definitely not the best
Blackmoor 21
Council of Wyrms 18
Dark Sun 22
Dragon Fist 12
Dragonlance 18
Eberron 22 This however, is the definitely the best setting on the list. Certainly the best thought out, if nothing else.
Forgotten Realms 5
Ghostwalk 20
Greyhawk 24
Jakandor 21
Kingdoms of Kalamar 20
Lankhmar 22
Mahasarpa 18
Mystara 20
Points of Light (Nentir Vale) 12
Pelinore 20
Planescape 22
Ravenloft 20
Spelljammer 21
Thunder Rift 20
Wilderlands of High Fantasy 20
I was tempted to throw an upvote to FR or NV because neither deserve the hate they're getting. Sure FR is over-exposed at this point and has a lot of major issues relating to that, but it became the iconic setting for a reason. Maybe I'm just at the age group where I was too young to really get into Greyhawk and was introduced to D&D via FR through novels (Icewind Dale) and games (Eye of Beholder, Baldur's Gate) that I've still got a bit of nostalgia for it.
And Nentir Vale might not be very fleshed out, but... have you seen what else is on this list? I mean, there are a significant subset of grognards who insist Greyhawk or Mystara were ruined when they finally got fleshed out. At least NV was doing new and interesting things with its cosmology, even if a lot of it was hampered by the system it was attached to, and then more of it got shoehorned into settings where it had no right being.
But I mean... we all already know how this ends, right? A decisive victory for Thunder Rift, a setting I'm not convinced wasn't solely the fever dream of the Wikipedia editor who put this list together, because absolutely nobody is going to bother downvoting it ever until it's too late.
Blackmoor 21
Council of Wyrms 18
Dark Sun 22
Dragon Fist 12
Dragonlance 18
Eberron 22 This however, is the definitely the best setting on the list. Certainly the best thought out, if nothing else.
Forgotten Realms 5
Ghostwalk 20
Greyhawk 24
Jakandor 21
Kingdoms of Kalamar 20
Lankhmar 22
Mahasarpa 18
Mystara 20
Points of Light (Nentir Vale) 12
Pelinore 20
Planescape 22
Ravenloft 20
Spelljammer 21
Thunder Rift 20
Wilderlands of High Fantasy 20
I was tempted to throw an upvote to FR or NV because neither deserve the hate they're getting. Sure FR is over-exposed at this point and has a lot of major issues relating to that, but it became the iconic setting for a reason. Maybe I'm just at the age group where I was too young to really get into Greyhawk and was introduced to D&D via FR through novels (Icewind Dale) and games (Eye of Beholder, Baldur's Gate) that I've still got a bit of nostalgia for it.
And Nentir Vale might not be very fleshed out, but... have you seen what else is on this list? I mean, there are a significant subset of grognards who insist Greyhawk or Mystara were ruined when they finally got fleshed out. At least NV was doing new and interesting things with its cosmology, even if a lot of it was hampered by the system it was attached to, and then more of it got shoehorned into settings where it had no right being.
But I mean... we all already know how this ends, right? A decisive victory for Thunder Rift, a setting I'm not convinced wasn't solely the fever dream of the Wikipedia editor who put this list together, because absolutely nobody is going to bother downvoting it ever until it's too late.
