GrumpyOldMan
First Post
I am not a TSR/WOTC Setting - I am a free man!
what's you're favourite TSR/ WotC setting?
- Thread starter Spell
- Start date
Arnwyn
First Post
Neat poll, especially with the different versions of the same campaign setting. Good stuff!
I voted:
- Al-Qadim
- FR (old grey box)
- FR (2e box)
- Planescape
- Spelljammer
I play all these somewhat regularly today (all updated to 3.5), along with Maztica and Kara-Tur (though those last two aren't my "favorites").
I voted:
- Al-Qadim
- FR (old grey box)
- FR (2e box)
- Planescape
- Spelljammer
I play all these somewhat regularly today (all updated to 3.5), along with Maztica and Kara-Tur (though those last two aren't my "favorites").
Wombat
First Post
I'm not a big fan of TSR/WotC settings...
I can say that I like Eberron because it makes sense -- the setting fits all the rules, which is a blessing. Personally, I usually prefer to tailor the rules to the setting, but given the oddities of the D&D rules set, I think this is your best deal. D&D doesn't really map standard fantasy books/movies well, but Eberron is a setting that actually accounts for all the races, classes, psionics, the place of adventurers, etc. For my money it is the best bet.
I also have a general fascination with the Ravenloft setting, at least as a concept, if not its execution. In many ways it worked best as the individual module (one place, set in a standard game world, under a dark and deadly curse) rather than as the Demi-Plane Of Dread, simply because that latter case messes with my head on many levels (If these lords are all cursed, then who are these hapless individuals trapped with them? Why do they share in the lords curse, and in several ways to a much more horrid level? Of are they similacra, in which case, who the heck are the adventurers? Cosmologically, morally, theologically, and mythologically the whole thing unravels.). Having said that, I think the 3e version did the best job of capturing the feeling of dread and horror inherent in the setting, probably because this was handled more by White Wolf (odd with rules, fantastic with setting material) rather than WotC (good on battle mechanics). Ultimately, I think I'd like to find a better set of rules for the setting -- D&D doesn't really match the feeling that well; far too heroic/combative, too much into black-and-white morality, and too little in the way of social interaction rules.
The other settings do little to nothing for me.
Just my 2 cents' worth.
I can say that I like Eberron because it makes sense -- the setting fits all the rules, which is a blessing. Personally, I usually prefer to tailor the rules to the setting, but given the oddities of the D&D rules set, I think this is your best deal. D&D doesn't really map standard fantasy books/movies well, but Eberron is a setting that actually accounts for all the races, classes, psionics, the place of adventurers, etc. For my money it is the best bet.
I also have a general fascination with the Ravenloft setting, at least as a concept, if not its execution. In many ways it worked best as the individual module (one place, set in a standard game world, under a dark and deadly curse) rather than as the Demi-Plane Of Dread, simply because that latter case messes with my head on many levels (If these lords are all cursed, then who are these hapless individuals trapped with them? Why do they share in the lords curse, and in several ways to a much more horrid level? Of are they similacra, in which case, who the heck are the adventurers? Cosmologically, morally, theologically, and mythologically the whole thing unravels.). Having said that, I think the 3e version did the best job of capturing the feeling of dread and horror inherent in the setting, probably because this was handled more by White Wolf (odd with rules, fantastic with setting material) rather than WotC (good on battle mechanics). Ultimately, I think I'd like to find a better set of rules for the setting -- D&D doesn't really match the feeling that well; far too heroic/combative, too much into black-and-white morality, and too little in the way of social interaction rules.
The other settings do little to nothing for me.
Just my 2 cents' worth.
DaveyJones
Explorer
also The Known World before all the mystara crap.
edit: and i picked the world of greyhawk boxed set (1983). even tho, i preferred the folio (1980) more.
edit: and i picked the world of greyhawk boxed set (1983). even tho, i preferred the folio (1980) more.
Last edited:
Sunderstone
First Post
Planescape
Greyhawk
Greyhawk
Ron
Explorer
Interesting how the all the original versions fared much better than its sequels. I liked the original Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft boxes and the Known World Gazetteers series, although I don't care much for the updated editions. My single exception is Greyhawk, in which I like From the Ashes, as it created a different setting, which I don't compare with also exceptional original box.
Plane Sailing
Astral Admin - Mwahahaha!
I bought but never used the original Dark Sun boxed set and the Red Steel setting. I never saw the Birthright setting in the shops but downloaded the setting and maps from WotC when they made them available.
There are things that I really liked about all three of those settings, mostly the stuff which they did differently to normal. Dark Sun suffered a little from the, uh, unbalanced psionics system at the time (can you say 1st level person with disintegrate power?), but oozed atmosphere. Birthright was an interesting take on 'controlling regimes', and Red Steel, while not for AD&D IIRC, was nice to see a more renaissance setting.
I have Eberron and enjoy running it immensely. I have Forgotten Realms 3e but never considered running it.
There are things that I really liked about all three of those settings, mostly the stuff which they did differently to normal. Dark Sun suffered a little from the, uh, unbalanced psionics system at the time (can you say 1st level person with disintegrate power?), but oozed atmosphere. Birthright was an interesting take on 'controlling regimes', and Red Steel, while not for AD&D IIRC, was nice to see a more renaissance setting.
I have Eberron and enjoy running it immensely. I have Forgotten Realms 3e but never considered running it.
