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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 4066407" data-attributes="member: 32740">My own take comes down to the idea that DM's should by all means make up their own calendars, changing the number of months, weeks, and renaming everything - but then to be fully prepared to never EVER inflict it upon the players if they don't want it.New, customized calendars and custom names are all fine and well for exercising ones creativity and emphasizing the fantastical not-the-real-world nature of the setting.  They are also a MASSIVE DISTRACTION AND ANNOYANCE if the players aren't keen on gleefuly steeping themselves in what is for most intents and purposes pointless minutiae - and even worse if the DM chooses to INSIST that the players learn and use that minutiae.A D&D setting is the very definition of fantasy and the fantastic.  Nobody NEEDS to have a funky alien calendar to hammer that into players heads with all the charm and subtlety of dull fire ax.  Consult your <s>victims</s> players before subjecting them to your creative calendars.</blockquote>