What licenses are left?

[Fenris-77]

Wait, are you suggesting book smart people with unchecked power might not be the people to put in charge?

(Ack, this actually makes me want to do a very on the nose magocracy setting.)

Terry Prachett already did this. My dream job is to work at the Unseen University.

 

[Doctor Futurity]

Hint: place two spaces in the name.

After the first character and before the last.

As they say, once you see it you can't unsee it... !

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Terry Prachett already did this. My dream job is to work at the Unseen University.

Once Sir Terry got over what happened with his former collaborator, he'd have a lot to say about today's world.

 

[bedir than]

Wait, are you suggesting book smart people with unchecked power might not be the people to put in charge?

(Ack, this actually makes me want to do a very on the nose magocracy setting.)

The Library in The Magicians TV series

 

[beta-ray]

"Frieren" does the very high level D&D thing pretty well and it's looking like it might be a genuine cross-cultural hit, but I think the characters might be more interesting than the setting.

The characters are certainly important in the Frieren story. I'm not a reader of the manga (only have volume 1), so I am not sure how expansive it gets filling out the world, but I am interested in what I have seen so far. Many of the characters introduced outside the main cast are also interesting, so it's a good bet smart GMs could do well if the setting is fleshed out enough (and not all the demons are gone by the end).

 

[beta-ray]

As they say, once you see it you can't unsee it... !

Maybe I don't want to unsee it.

I kid I kid

 

[Fenris-77]

Once Sir Terry got over what happened with his former collaborator, he'd have a lot to say about today's world.

I can only imagine.

 

[Parmandur]

I can only imagine.

I don't think the band MercyMe is good fodder for a TTRPG, but hey I'm open minded.

 

[Celebrim]

The characters are certainly important in the Frieren story. I'm not a reader of the manga (only have volume 1), so I am not sure how expansive it gets filling out the world, but I am interested in what I have seen so far. Many of the characters introduced outside the main cast are also interesting, so it's a good bet smart GMs could do well if the setting is fleshed out enough (and not all the demons are gone by the end).

It's definitely got more potential than a lot of settings both because there is a vast expanse of time the story could be set in, and because one of the major themes of the story is that there is never just one hero or chosen person, but there are always a web of heroes who build on the deeds of each other to advance civilization against the monsters.

 

[Willie the Duck]

I really like Mystara - an was inspired by Karameikos to shift my focus from Tolkienesque faux-england to faux-Balkans/Eastern Europe.

Personally I didnt do much with Glantri as Im not a fan of Magocracies, but the influence is there - make sure to check out the Vaults of Pandius for all things Mystara

I love Mystara for D&D, but it very much is a setting built for "I have the gazetteers forenjoy these 5 things out of the total output, so we're running those areas, the rest is interstitial space between them." Even moreso than the other D&D settings, it is not a well-oiled machine that both holds together but also falls apart if a piece is removed. If you personally don't like Glantri, they can easily just be 'oh, there's a nation of wizards over there, they, uh, keep to themselves. I guess fear of them keeps everyone else from committing to full-scale war on their other borders (something something).'