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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 4040912" data-attributes="member: 7177">If you intend it for actual publication, here are my two cents:I want something that gives me a reason to look at this setting. What distinguishes it from all the other published settings out there? In other words, why should I spend my limited free time reading more about this setting - let alone using it - and not on Forgotten Realms/Eberron/whatever products?And just saying "it has new races/classes/spells" is not going to cut it. I want major themes that permeate the setting - ideas and concept that resonate in every part of it.This is independent of the "traditional"/"novel" divide. Traditional settings can truly shine as long as you pick the right themes. Ptolus, for example, is comparatively traditional, but it nevertheless comes across as a convincing and beautifully realized setting.So think carefully about your themes. For instance, if you you want to focus on "political intrigue", I want lots of urban power centers, a multitude of organizations with hidden agendas, and lots of backroom dealings and morally dubious situations even for the good guys. If the theme is "A World At War", I want nations with massive armies ready to clash and a conflict of truly epic proportions. In both case, I want the author to do his research and read all he can about historical periods that exemplify these themes.In other words, give me a setting that is about something. If I just want a generic setting with lots of room to explore, I'd just use the Forgotten Realms whose multitudes of authors have created something that an individual author can't really compete with. But if the central premise of the setting is something that hasn't been explored much before, I am game.</blockquote>

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