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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 5727849" data-attributes="member: 518">I tend to run a "classic" S&S worlds ala nehwon, hyboria, etc. I have not borrowed anything wholesale, but I do borrow from the "grim, gritty" feel of both settings- I try to model my worlds in the same manner.I also really like Glorantha's "bronze age" feel, so I tend to  take alot from it in theory, if not actual material- mostly cultures and how cults (religion) are viewed by the general populace- IOW- religion is a big factor for everyone, not just clerics and the common people appeasing the gods. However I do not like magic so common/wahoo so that gets played down. For specific things, in particular I've borrowed alot from the Pavis area- frontier land recently taken under control of a large empire.For D&D materials- I tend to run the old settings as they are- either Gygax era GH, or the OGB realms- I have not stolen much for my own homebrews from either-barring modules. However despite the fact I am not a fan of the setting in general, I've ripped wholesale from eberron's Xendrik. the SoX book is the only 3.5 WOTC product I still own- The whole premise of the continent fits my needs- a once advanced culture now long gone, and it is a largely unexplored dark continent full of mystery, secrets, and things that cannot be explained in this day & age. Love it. tweak some names and races (mostly eliminate them- like drow, and warforged) and it just works for my style of games- a great big sandbox where exploration is the name of the game.When I was running 4E, I totally warmed up to the Nentir Vale setting and used that- great little sandbox, and love the "POL" theme as again , its always been the type of game I run. For the most part I prefer to meld the game to my setting, instead of a current trend of designing a setting around all the game rules- like Eberron proper, or Golarion do.</blockquote>

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