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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Waylander the Slayer" data-source="post: 4449224" data-attributes="member: 1830">If a setting has been "milked dry" why work with setting and try to rehash/retrofit it than come up with something new? For that matter, why try to retrofit it with elements that have never been part of the canon (which tends to be awkward and non sensical for the most part) when those elements can be done better justice by having them be part of an integral setting all it's own?I would presume that people are "fans" of a setting due to elements that they identify with and enjoy (probably different elements for different folks, be it kender, Dark Knights, Muls, Gladiators etc.). As such, if one is to "advance" a setting, it is probably not possible to do so without impacting the cohesive whole and then  the fansbase to begin with. Again, it might be a better idea and better serving the consumer if one builds on the "new elements" that one is trying to incorporate. The only loss would be that of an identifiable trade mark and the related market recognition and possible loss of sales. The second portion of your post entails people "borrowing elements" etc. I still fail to see how this would be better served by radically changing ( I am assuming we are not talking about making a setting as it was, but rather giving it the FR treatment)a setting rather than giving them new elements in a new setting. A perfect example of this is Eberron which gave us new "reimagined" and wholesome elements to consider via a new setting. I fail to see how these elements might have been better suited or more useful if they were incorporated into a pre existant setting.</blockquote>

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