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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7526354" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>Answering the question as stated (that is, what's needed to use a setting with only 5e books):</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">World Map: A map of the entire world, or at least the entire known world. (Though, actually, I don't need even the whole known world - I just need a bit enough area to adventure in, which may only be a subset. For instance, in a "Robin Hood" type setting, I only really need a map of England; it's enough to know that other places are out there somewhere)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Religion: Info on the Gods, forces, and religions of the setting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nations: A description, in brief of in detail, of the major nations, kingdoms, or politics of the setting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Culture: Description of different ethnicities, cultural norms, languages, and common info the people know</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magic: How magic works (or works differently) in the setting. Includes spells and items.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monsters: New monsters and info on common monsters (or monsters absent)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Organizations; Powerful groups of people; guilds, churches, and factions the PCs can join or oppose</li> </ul><p></p><p>However, I'm actually quite happy to make use of fluff for older editions. Therefore, for a classic setting to be supported in 5e, what I really need is conversions of the appropriate rules material. And so the answer is necessarily "it depends":</p><p></p><p>For Greyhawk, there isn't really anything needed. For Dark Sun, it would need rules for defilers, some sort of guidance on how to model Templars and Elemental Clerics, and of course Psionics (plus a load of monsters). And so on and so forth.</p><p></p><p>Of course, a dedicated publication would be nice, especially for the more 'out there' settings. And being open on DM's Guild is a definite boon, too. ("The Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" is an almost perfect example of what I'd like to see - all that's really missing is the Artificer, and maybe something on psionics for Sarlona.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 7526354, member: 22424"] Answering the question as stated (that is, what's needed to use a setting with only 5e books): [LIST] [*]World Map: A map of the entire world, or at least the entire known world. (Though, actually, I don't need even the whole known world - I just need a bit enough area to adventure in, which may only be a subset. For instance, in a "Robin Hood" type setting, I only really need a map of England; it's enough to know that other places are out there somewhere) [*]Religion: Info on the Gods, forces, and religions of the setting. [*]Nations: A description, in brief of in detail, of the major nations, kingdoms, or politics of the setting [*]Culture: Description of different ethnicities, cultural norms, languages, and common info the people know [*]Magic: How magic works (or works differently) in the setting. Includes spells and items. [*]Monsters: New monsters and info on common monsters (or monsters absent) [*]Organizations; Powerful groups of people; guilds, churches, and factions the PCs can join or oppose [/LIST] However, I'm actually quite happy to make use of fluff for older editions. Therefore, for a classic setting to be supported in 5e, what I really need is conversions of the appropriate rules material. And so the answer is necessarily "it depends": For Greyhawk, there isn't really anything needed. For Dark Sun, it would need rules for defilers, some sort of guidance on how to model Templars and Elemental Clerics, and of course Psionics (plus a load of monsters). And so on and so forth. Of course, a dedicated publication would be nice, especially for the more 'out there' settings. And being open on DM's Guild is a definite boon, too. ("The Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron" is an almost perfect example of what I'd like to see - all that's really missing is the Artificer, and maybe something on psionics for Sarlona.) [/QUOTE]
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