D&D General [+] What is your favorite non-WotC D&D setting?

[Shardstone]

I'm biased, so my setting Scavenger is my favorite But so as to not be cheeky, I do very much like Midgard (by Kobold Press), Dragongrin (by Absolute Tabletop), Crifoth (by Dice on Ice Publishing), and Symbaroum (ruins of symbar is 5E, so counts!!).

 

[ShadowofNarcissus]

Probably Middle Earth. I played a lot of MERP back in the day and, although not the most streamlined system, had a bunch of fun with it. I haven't played The One Ring, but I hear that it's amazing. I have played a few short adventures in Adventures in Middle Earth and think it is a serviceable conversion to 5e.

This.

 

[Atlatl Jones]

Birthright, which is technically not a WotC setting because it was published by TSR. Taladas too.

My go-to setting is Kobold Press’ Midgard.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

A little thread necromancy…

I’m a fairly big TSR-WotC setting fan. But of non-WotC settings:

• Harn for near-medieval content
• Darwin’s World for Fallout-esque post apocalypse material
• Latter Earth from Worlds Without Number for extreme future Dying Earth type fantasy
• Symbaroum for a grittier fantasy, really enjoying the 5e adaptation as an improvement upon 2014 DnD with a lower magic leaning.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Norrath of EverQuest. What I wouldn't give for a modern TTRPG of it. Heck squeeze it into 5E IDK. I'll take anything.

 

[Voadam]

Norrath of EverQuest. What I wouldn't give for a modern TTRPG of it. Heck squeeze it into 5E IDK. I'll take anything.

I wish the ogl pdfs were still available. I have the ph and the monster books which I enjoyed but not the setting area ones. I never played the online game but I used the monsters in my 3e games and played in one ogl game of it as a player.

 

[Bedrockgames]

I have two. TORG (in particular ORRORSH but the whole setting is interesting) and HARN.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Planescape, and Spelljammer (in that order), before WotC got a hold of them. Also 3pp for those settings (Dragonlance and Ravenloft during the 3e era.

Rokugan for Legend of the Five Rings also had a 3e era, started by WotC but continued by the original creator (much like 3e Dragonlance).

Middle-Earth (AiME and TOR 5e).

For sci-fi, there's a great 5e version of Star Wars out on the interwebs. And Mongoose put out a 3e version of Babylon 5. For that matter, there's a 3e Deadlands too.

I also second DCC.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Planescape, and Spelljammer (in that order), before WotC got a hold of them. Also 3pp for those settings (Dragonlance and Ravenloft during the 3e era.

Rokugan for Legend of the Five Rings also had a 3e era, started by WotC but continued by the original creator (much like 3e Dragonlance).

Middle-Earth (AiME and TOR 5e).

For sci-fi, there's a great 5e version of Star Wars out on the interwebs. And Mongoose put out a 3e version of Babylon 5. For that matter, there's a 3e Deadlands too.

I also second DCC.

I completely misread the title: I thought it was our favorite non-D&D setting, not ‘non-WOTC D&D setting).

In that case Ravenloft, followed by Dark Sun

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

I like Midgard with it's underground empire of ghouls.

Midgard Worldbook for 5th Edition - Kobold Press Store

Adventure In a Dark World of Deep Magic! It is an age of war. Civilization slowly gives way to encroaching wilderness, and once-mighty empires now lie beneath the waves. Only magic and the warmth of hope keeps lights aglow when dread things prowl, and priestly wardings are bent by demonic rage...

koboldpress.com