HeavenShallBurn
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From the top Planescape, The Known World, Red/Steel
But all of them subordinate to my Homebrews
But all of them subordinate to my Homebrews
what's you're favourite TSR/ WotC setting?
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Plane Sailing
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Geoffrey said:
Wasn't that basically just the 'temple of the frog' plus surrounding marsh? (I'm thinking of the booklet which included the monk, the assassin and the horrible 'hit points by location' rules)
DaveyJones
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Plane Sailing said:
hey, it was better than Supplement I Greyhawk. which was pretty much... well no setting with the thief and paladin
Maldin
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Greyhawk, of course! Although I wish I had noticed that multiple choices were possible before clicking on "vote now"... I would have also added my runners-up worlds, Spelljammer and Planescape. Any way to edit our vote?
Denis, aka "Maldin"
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Denis, aka "Maldin"
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com
Loads of Greyhawk goodness... maps, magic, mysteries, mechanics, and more!
jester47
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First I need to say that Wilderlands of Swords and Sorcery High Fantasy is the best. But this is not TSR/WotC.
My favorite TSR/WotC published settings are:
Forgotten realms with an emphasis on original grey boxed set and 3e, but using 2e as a reference for places not covered in the previous two.
Greyhawk- Ignoring the from the ashes results, so this would be original box with Adventure Begins/Living Greyhawk Gazzeteer.
Planescape - primarily for the concept of the outlands and Sigel.
However I take it one step further- The forgotten realms and greyhawk I put on the same continent. So Faerun in the western side of the continent. The Tuigans are related to the Baklunish, and you have the seven seas of dust separating the rest of the continent. Yeah I know, how do I fix this or that- I ignore it. Truth be told my campaigns don't get that top down and are ussually confined to a region like the silver marches or the areas around Greyhawk, so those questions almost never come up.
My favorite TSR/WotC published settings are:
Forgotten realms with an emphasis on original grey boxed set and 3e, but using 2e as a reference for places not covered in the previous two.
Greyhawk- Ignoring the from the ashes results, so this would be original box with Adventure Begins/Living Greyhawk Gazzeteer.
Planescape - primarily for the concept of the outlands and Sigel.
However I take it one step further- The forgotten realms and greyhawk I put on the same continent. So Faerun in the western side of the continent. The Tuigans are related to the Baklunish, and you have the seven seas of dust separating the rest of the continent. Yeah I know, how do I fix this or that- I ignore it. Truth be told my campaigns don't get that top down and are ussually confined to a region like the silver marches or the areas around Greyhawk, so those questions almost never come up.
eric mcloins
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Planescape is by far my favorite setting, TSR or no TSR, and the one I've run most campaigns in.
Birthright and Greyhawk are both cool.
I really like the concept of Draksun, but it is poorly done.
Birthright and Greyhawk are both cool.
I really like the concept of Draksun, but it is poorly done.
As of 1/5 at noon Pacific Time
Top 5:
1) World of Greyhawk, original boxed set = 29.84%
2) Planescape = 27.42%
3) Darksun, original boxed set = 21.51%
4) Forgotten Realms, original boxed set = 20.97%
5) Eberron = 20.43%
Three points occur to me:
-- People like original boxed sets better than updates, by quite a lot.
-- There's a decline in popularity with each new edition's main supported setting. Greyhawk (AD&D) > Forgotten Realms (2nd Edition) > Eberron (3rd Edition).
-- So 4th Edition's setting info: main new setting that's not really a setting of "points of light", support FR in an altered way, and no support at all for Greyhawk, is not going to delight D&D fans.
In general, I'm thinking 4th Edition is not meant for existing D&D players, but for Undecided Voters -- they want to broaden D&D's appeal, and they don't care what the Base thinks, because we're already "sold" on D&D and we will buy whatever they make. Basically, this is "where are they going to go" treatment for their base, and the usual answer, at least in American politics, is that the base doesn't turn out if you don't give them what they want, even if there's no alternative on offer. "Not voting at all" (still playing other editions/not playing RPG's at all) are alternatives they're discounting too much.
So I ask myself: Why is WOTC uninterested in the wishes of the existing fan base? Will that really help them sell the new edition? Aren't we their sales force? My putative answer is that no, we aren't their sales force, and they think they can sell better without us holding them back. We'll see.
Top 5:
1) World of Greyhawk, original boxed set = 29.84%
2) Planescape = 27.42%
3) Darksun, original boxed set = 21.51%
4) Forgotten Realms, original boxed set = 20.97%
5) Eberron = 20.43%
Three points occur to me:
-- People like original boxed sets better than updates, by quite a lot.
-- There's a decline in popularity with each new edition's main supported setting. Greyhawk (AD&D) > Forgotten Realms (2nd Edition) > Eberron (3rd Edition).
-- So 4th Edition's setting info: main new setting that's not really a setting of "points of light", support FR in an altered way, and no support at all for Greyhawk, is not going to delight D&D fans.
In general, I'm thinking 4th Edition is not meant for existing D&D players, but for Undecided Voters -- they want to broaden D&D's appeal, and they don't care what the Base thinks, because we're already "sold" on D&D and we will buy whatever they make. Basically, this is "where are they going to go" treatment for their base, and the usual answer, at least in American politics, is that the base doesn't turn out if you don't give them what they want, even if there's no alternative on offer. "Not voting at all" (still playing other editions/not playing RPG's at all) are alternatives they're discounting too much.
So I ask myself: Why is WOTC uninterested in the wishes of the existing fan base? Will that really help them sell the new edition? Aren't we their sales force? My putative answer is that no, we aren't their sales force, and they think they can sell better without us holding them back. We'll see.
Drowbane
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damn, this ended up longer than I expected...
1) Planescape: in my group, that includes most of the other settings as possible "Primes of Origin" for PCs.
2) Forgotten Realms (all): in my 2e group this included the following; Al Qadim, Council of Wyrms, Kara Tur, Spelljammer... but not Maztica.
3) Dark Sun: I think we played revised... but our DM ignored the Tyr-changes.
4) Ravenloft (all, including & Masque of the Red Death): I can't vote for them any other way. I was extremely happy with both. I didn't buy into 3e Ravenloft... it didn't add anything I didn't already "know" about the setting... or that I couldn't just convert over myself.
5) Eberron: Awesome setting, I don't have that much experience with it though.
Honorable mention: Jakandor. Awesome setting. Had I actually gotten around to using it... it'd ranked higher. I did have a short-lived Charonti (spelling?) Evoker in planescape... eaten by a Bulette before his time.
~~~
Back in 2e we didn't distinguish between the settings all that much. That is, just cause our party started off in Cormyr (for example) doesn't mean we would end up go through parts of the other settings...
I remember one 2e Planescape party that consisted of... (in no particular order)
1) Brom Zogothe: Krynnish Minotaur Knight of Takhisis (humanoids handbook... with I think a homebrewed kit)
2) Baran Firelight: dishonored Purple Dragon Knight (pretty much a straight fighter / cleric with a kit... in character he was an Ex-Paladin who now worshiped Bane. It is perhaps worth noting that his Player had built and rebuilt Baran probably a dozen times by then. This was the first, and perhaps only, time he was Evil)
3) Alia Al'Bahri: A pirate (corsair) from the Land of Fate who had a malfunctioning Spelljammer and a monstrous crew. She was the fiercist blade in the party. (Al'Qadim, Fighter's handbook, ninja's handbook - the martial arts styles made for a wicked swordswoman). Alia was notorious for up and leaving the party at the drop of a hat for some fool's errand or another... she was the PC of our primary 2e DM. Most often she was a means of travel... and/or plot hook. Did I mention that the Blue Rose (her ship) was capable of planar and temporal travel?
4) Crystalia: Human Psionicist. I think she was a child of 9yrs at campaign's start. Did I mention she was *hella* creepy? Even Krov kept his distance from this psychopath.
5) The Jackal: thief / spellfire wielder (Al Qadim, Volo's guide to all things magical)
6) Krov'Xalyn Odran: Vampiric Drow Psionicist / Cleric of Kanchelsis (Using PHB, Monster Mythology, Drow of the Underdark, Complete Psi... and the Requiem boxset for Ravenloft - Neutral-F'n-Evil - hehe, my PC). Krov was, at one point, also my BBEG for one of my runnings late into the Campaign.
7) Cinnamon Toast: a Red Dragon Hatchling who aged throughout the campaign... we met him during the Age of Netheril and whenever appropriate would end up remeeting the next oldest incarnation of him elsewhere.
ahh... good times.
1) Planescape: in my group, that includes most of the other settings as possible "Primes of Origin" for PCs.
2) Forgotten Realms (all): in my 2e group this included the following; Al Qadim, Council of Wyrms, Kara Tur, Spelljammer... but not Maztica.
3) Dark Sun: I think we played revised... but our DM ignored the Tyr-changes.
4) Ravenloft (all, including & Masque of the Red Death): I can't vote for them any other way. I was extremely happy with both. I didn't buy into 3e Ravenloft... it didn't add anything I didn't already "know" about the setting... or that I couldn't just convert over myself.
5) Eberron: Awesome setting, I don't have that much experience with it though.
Honorable mention: Jakandor. Awesome setting. Had I actually gotten around to using it... it'd ranked higher. I did have a short-lived Charonti (spelling?) Evoker in planescape... eaten by a Bulette before his time.
~~~
Back in 2e we didn't distinguish between the settings all that much. That is, just cause our party started off in Cormyr (for example) doesn't mean we would end up go through parts of the other settings...
I remember one 2e Planescape party that consisted of... (in no particular order)
1) Brom Zogothe: Krynnish Minotaur Knight of Takhisis (humanoids handbook... with I think a homebrewed kit)
2) Baran Firelight: dishonored Purple Dragon Knight (pretty much a straight fighter / cleric with a kit... in character he was an Ex-Paladin who now worshiped Bane. It is perhaps worth noting that his Player had built and rebuilt Baran probably a dozen times by then. This was the first, and perhaps only, time he was Evil)
3) Alia Al'Bahri: A pirate (corsair) from the Land of Fate who had a malfunctioning Spelljammer and a monstrous crew. She was the fiercist blade in the party. (Al'Qadim, Fighter's handbook, ninja's handbook - the martial arts styles made for a wicked swordswoman). Alia was notorious for up and leaving the party at the drop of a hat for some fool's errand or another... she was the PC of our primary 2e DM. Most often she was a means of travel... and/or plot hook. Did I mention that the Blue Rose (her ship) was capable of planar and temporal travel?
4) Crystalia: Human Psionicist. I think she was a child of 9yrs at campaign's start. Did I mention she was *hella* creepy? Even Krov kept his distance from this psychopath.
5) The Jackal: thief / spellfire wielder (Al Qadim, Volo's guide to all things magical)
6) Krov'Xalyn Odran: Vampiric Drow Psionicist / Cleric of Kanchelsis (Using PHB, Monster Mythology, Drow of the Underdark, Complete Psi... and the Requiem boxset for Ravenloft - Neutral-F'n-Evil - hehe, my PC). Krov was, at one point, also my BBEG for one of my runnings late into the Campaign.
7) Cinnamon Toast: a Red Dragon Hatchling who aged throughout the campaign... we met him during the Age of Netheril and whenever appropriate would end up remeeting the next oldest incarnation of him elsewhere.
ahh... good times.
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