What Campaign Settings will you purchase?

[Serendipity]

It's entirely a matter of economics but I went with "what I would WANT to purchase" sight unseen and in theory.
It makes me cry that Spelljammer wasn't an option but that's a (very) acquired taste.
Ravenloft & Planescape are up there too - but mess with either of them too much and no sale.
I'd also *consider* Greyhawk, but really I don't see how it could do anything more than what all of my old school 1e and 3.x books could do already.
Now if they threw a Mystara set out there, I'd be ALL over that.

 

[Invisible Stalker]

Just Greyhawk

 

[Wombat]

I'm strictly a homebrew guy anymore

 

[Ambush Bug]

I'm also a homebrew guy - I write my own stuff as a GM, and I avoid games set in premade worlds. I'd rather see a GM's personal take on things, even if it's not professional quality, than see them rehash someone else's creation.

But if it were available, I'd buy Al-Qadim for the sheer joy of reading it. Maybe Greyhawk too, for the world detail. And possibly Eberron, if they gave Keith Baker a larger role in developing it. I trust his world-building skills, and even though I doubt I'd play it as written, I'd love to see what he created.

 

[Sadrik]

Other... something new please.

 

[GreatLemur]

I pretty much don't ever want to run anything that's not homebrew.

Still, campaign setting books can provide lots of great mechanical components and idea fodder, so I'd really, really like to see WotC release something new. The hell with "support"; just release some single-book campaign settings. Give us a lot of different ideas, instead of a dozen more Forgotten Realms NPCs for me to not care about.

 

[danbuter1]

Forgotten Realms - even though I'm 90% sure I won't like it
Planescape - Just hope there will be no major retcons
Ravenloft - Will buy sight unseen
Greyhawk - HIGHLY doubt this will be done, but I'll get it if it is

 

[Mercule]

they've already said that they're against disallowing core elements in a setting.

Seriously?

Well, forget Dark Sun, then. That's one I said I'd buy, otherwise.

Dragonlance is out, too. Tieflings could work well in Greyhawk (Iuz), but not dragonborn.

 

[Shemeska]

Planescape, Dark Sun, Ravenloft. -IF- they don't do to them what they did for FR in 4e. I got hooked into FR in 3e, but as of 4e they've lost me on it due to the amount of changes. Not only did they advance the timeline and thus obliterate vast numbers of mortal NPCs and plots, but they altered the tone and feel of the setting to that point that it's a different setting at this point. And sadly, I'm not really interested in the new setting.

Settings need to evolve and be dynamic worlds (Hell, I adored Faction War for Planescape), but there's a limit to that when it goes over the top and seems to be either change for the sake of change, or it ceases to be the same setting.

It would be a hard sell for me for Planescape (and it would be a no sell if they tried to shoehorn it into the PoL 4e cosmology), but any love I give to settings is tough love, so it would be possible (and hell I'd give a lung to be involved in it).

Dark Sun I had little exposure to, but loved the 2e material (just don't go crazy advancing the timelines, giving metal to everyone, making jungles and water everywhere, etc).

Ravenloft would be a hard sell, if only because of the difficulties I see using some of the 4e implied tone with Ravenloft style gothic horror. By all means try to make it work, but don't do it at the setting's expense. Plus, White Wolf's imprint did a damn fine job with the setting in 3e, so they've got two editions' shoes to fill here.

 

[jdrakeh]

I said Greyhawk, Dark Sun, and Ravenloft -- but failed to see Planescape on the list until after I voted. D'oh! Sign me up for some Planescape, too