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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 3738947" data-attributes="member: 19857">Actually, this just sounds like the standard D&amp;D setting to me - stretching back at least to the Basic set.&nbsp; Isoalted villages under assault by orc warlords, nearby cave systems infested with humanoids and other nasties, villages living under the thumb of evil barons and mad wizards ready to loose chaos upon them if they don't bow down lower and pay more taxes.&nbsp; All of which need the assistance of adventurers to step forward and fight on their behalf, because most of the folks in the village are 0-level commoners and the local robber baron is only good for sending thugs around to collect tribute.&nbsp; When I first started playing D&amp;D the game felt a lot like the &quot;Magnificent Seven meets Lord of the Rings&quot; - and it sounds like the &quot;default setting&quot; is an attempt to go back to that angle.&nbsp; (Interestingly, I'd describe Middle Earth as a setting where you have a small number of &quot;points of light&quot; amid the chaos - maybe not directly the evil of Mordor, but there are vast swaths of country that are uncontrolled by any authority and where a bumbling group of dwarves plus a halfling can run afoul of troll bandits or goblin armies).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 3738947, member: 19857"] Actually, this just sounds like the standard D&D setting to me - stretching back at least to the Basic set. Isoalted villages under assault by orc warlords, nearby cave systems infested with humanoids and other nasties, villages living under the thumb of evil barons and mad wizards ready to loose chaos upon them if they don't bow down lower and pay more taxes. All of which need the assistance of adventurers to step forward and fight on their behalf, because most of the folks in the village are 0-level commoners and the local robber baron is only good for sending thugs around to collect tribute. When I first started playing D&D the game felt a lot like the "Magnificent Seven meets Lord of the Rings" - and it sounds like the "default setting" is an attempt to go back to that angle. (Interestingly, I'd describe Middle Earth as a setting where you have a small number of "points of light" amid the chaos - maybe not directly the evil of Mordor, but there are vast swaths of country that are uncontrolled by any authority and where a bumbling group of dwarves plus a halfling can run afoul of troll bandits or goblin armies). [/QUOTE]

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