What campaign settings are in print and what is good about them?

[Nightfall]

*still going to try to pimp the Scarred Lands...* Just not subliminal or intentional! Well maybe intentional.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

*still going to try to pimp the Scarred Lands...* Just not subliminal or intentional! Well maybe intentional.

Isn't Scarred Lands now 'no longer published'? I looked at it a few years ago when someone tried to pimp it on the HârnForum. It doesn't fit well with most HârnFans view of grim n gritty medieval so I suspect that there were few converts, I know I was unimpressed, it seemed like just another standard DnD world to me, but then, what do I know?

As I've said, I've used glorantha for high fantasy/high magic and Hârn for low fantasy/low Magic for over 20 years. I don't need anything else.

 

[reanjr]

Kingdoms of Kalamar I said sounded Greyhawkish but I didn't shoot it down totally. I did ask if the books were still in print and how the corebook was.

As Mark already pointed out, it's still in print. The core book is great if you want a setting and not more rules. If you have a FLGS that has it, just flip through it and read about a city here and then reference anything you want to know more about in the excellent index. It's a very exploratory book, made for referencing instead of reading.

I wouldn't really call it Greyhawkish except in the sense that it supports all the core rules out of the box with no additions (unless you get into suplementary material). What about Greyhawk is it that you want to avoid?

 

[reanjr]

Greyhawk is the best campaign setting ever. It is the setting D&D was built on. It has a powerful backstory and is incredibly adaptable to almost any kind of campaign you want: heroic, dark, prophecy, high fantasy, low-magic, all depending on the part of the world you play in and the groups you involve.

Actually this statement applies just as well to Kalamar, which may be where the parallels are being drawn.

 

[deltadave]

Another vote for Midnight.

Also check out Grim Tales - Slave Lords of Cydonia.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

As Mark already pointed out, it's still in print. The core book is great if you want a setting and not more rules. If you have a FLGS that has it, just flip through it and read about a city here and then reference anything you want to know more about in the excellent index. It's a very exploratory book, made for referencing instead of reading.

I wouldn't really call it Greyhawkish except in the sense that it supports all the core rules out of the box with no additions (unless you get into suplementary material). What about Greyhawk is it that you want to avoid?

Nothing. I didn't mean that being "greyhawkish" was a bad thing, just if it is like Greyhawk I would just use Greyhawk since I still love Greyhawk. If it isn't like that I'll give it a glance, but I haven't seen the book at the game store in a long time.

 

[Nightfall]

grump,

Obviously you've not played my style where a) the magic item count is pretty darn low, b) the rigors and dangers of the wild are more like Wildwood in some ways (or Arena). Lots of magical backlash and stuff...basically while it's not grim it can be quite..gritty at times. Plus fewer high level NPCs than most other campaign worlds!

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Is scarred lands still in print?

 

[Nightfall]

If you mean "Can I still find it if I order it from WW or some other distributer?" yes. You can find print copies. If you mean "Are there any more books coming out for the Scarred Lands?" I'd have to say no. But there are still plenty of copies of all Scarred Lands material available AND you can order PDFs of most of them via DTRPG.com

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

the rigors and dangers of the wild are more like Wildwood in some ways (or Arena).

I have absolutely no idea what this means