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<blockquote data-quote="Primal" data-source="post: 4899858" data-attributes="member: 30678"><p>Well, the campaign setting also has a lot of info on races, planes, history, religions and so on; of course, this info will be found in supplements, too (Companions, Chronicles, Gods and Magic, Elves/Dwarves/Gnomes/Etc. of Golarion). However, like you said, all the basic info needed to run your campaigns is there -- in that regard it's no different from any other campaign setting book/guide. If you want to run a more detailed campaign, you have the "region books" and player's guides to help you there, but it's all additional material. Now, if you only buy the Chealix guide and try to run say, 'Bastards of Erebus', you might run into trouble if the players ask about neighboring kingdoms (maybe there are NPCs or PCs who hail from Taldor or Andoran) or if the module refers to them.</p><p></p><p>Even though it's a "kitchen sink" setting in the same sense FR is/was, I think Golarion manages to get away with it pretty well without coming off as a badly cooked-up "mish-mash" of influences from Real World, fantasy stories and other settings (something FR initially had trouble with). As far as details (or the lack of them) go, it's a new setting; so far the APs and Companions have not simply dealt with all the regions. </p><p></p><p>In terms of quality, I've found Golarion to be a well-written world that has a lot to offer; it's as good as the best of my FR books. The biggest difference, IMO, when comparing these two settings is that Paizo doesn't even try to dwell as "deep" into the setting or reveal every little secret and mystery that FR did -- the books offer me a detailed look at every region without listing half the buildings on the city map or statting nearly every prominent NPC. Or without publishing the whole member roster of half the major organizations. Now, I've been a long-time FR fan, and I always considered this a strength of the setting, but I don't think I want Golarion to follow in the Forgotten Realms' footsteps. And I'm glad that Paizo doesn't even try to do that; instead all that "required" information is in the setting book, and local color and details published in the supplements (Chronicles) -- while going "deep enough", at least for me -- yet leave me a lot of room for creativity. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Primal, post: 4899858, member: 30678"] Well, the campaign setting also has a lot of info on races, planes, history, religions and so on; of course, this info will be found in supplements, too (Companions, Chronicles, Gods and Magic, Elves/Dwarves/Gnomes/Etc. of Golarion). However, like you said, all the basic info needed to run your campaigns is there -- in that regard it's no different from any other campaign setting book/guide. If you want to run a more detailed campaign, you have the "region books" and player's guides to help you there, but it's all additional material. Now, if you only buy the Chealix guide and try to run say, 'Bastards of Erebus', you might run into trouble if the players ask about neighboring kingdoms (maybe there are NPCs or PCs who hail from Taldor or Andoran) or if the module refers to them. Even though it's a "kitchen sink" setting in the same sense FR is/was, I think Golarion manages to get away with it pretty well without coming off as a badly cooked-up "mish-mash" of influences from Real World, fantasy stories and other settings (something FR initially had trouble with). As far as details (or the lack of them) go, it's a new setting; so far the APs and Companions have not simply dealt with all the regions. In terms of quality, I've found Golarion to be a well-written world that has a lot to offer; it's as good as the best of my FR books. The biggest difference, IMO, when comparing these two settings is that Paizo doesn't even try to dwell as "deep" into the setting or reveal every little secret and mystery that FR did -- the books offer me a detailed look at every region without listing half the buildings on the city map or statting nearly every prominent NPC. Or without publishing the whole member roster of half the major organizations. Now, I've been a long-time FR fan, and I always considered this a strength of the setting, but I don't think I want Golarion to follow in the Forgotten Realms' footsteps. And I'm glad that Paizo doesn't even try to do that; instead all that "required" information is in the setting book, and local color and details published in the supplements (Chronicles) -- while going "deep enough", at least for me -- yet leave me a lot of room for creativity. :) [/QUOTE]
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