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<blockquote data-quote="Ath'kethin" data-source="post: 8617079" data-attributes="member: 6798775">The first campaign I ran was set in Dragonlance, because I ready the DL Chronicles long before I had any idea what Dungeons &amp; Dragons was. Once I started playing D&amp;D I was overjoyed to learn I could actually make my own adventures in that world.I moved to Spelljammer a while later because I lived its pulpy feel. I dove into Al-Qadim because I loved a different Weis &amp; Hickman series, Rose of the Prophet, and I loved the visual aesthetic of turbans and scimitars and genies (as awfully Orientalist as that is).I ran my own homebrew for a while, based on stories I wrote as a kid and the 3e Manual of the Planes - it was set on Ysgard and was wild. When Eberron came out I switched to that because I love the pulpy feel of it (see above) and also I loved the way gods and religions were portrayed similarly to those from Al-Qadim (i.e., not just big monsters to be eventually killed off).I embraced Mystara when I started to really get into Basic D&amp;D a bit later, again based out of the Emirates of Ylaruam (more turbans and scimitars!). I loved the Hollow World and rocked with that too.In the 5e era I ran with Primeval Thule (more pulpy action and curved swords), mishmashing it with the World of Xoth and Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperboria. Eventually i moved on to mostly playing Dungeon Crawl Classics, which maintains that pulpy and weird fantasy feel no matter what.TL, DR: I love pulpy weird fantasy and scimitars.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ath'kethin, post: 8617079, member: 6798775"] The first campaign I ran was set in Dragonlance, because I ready the DL Chronicles long before I had any idea what Dungeons & Dragons was. Once I started playing D&D I was overjoyed to learn I could actually make my own adventures in that world. I moved to Spelljammer a while later because I lived its pulpy feel. I dove into Al-Qadim because I loved a different Weis & Hickman series, Rose of the Prophet, and I loved the visual aesthetic of turbans and scimitars and genies (as awfully Orientalist as that is). I ran my own homebrew for a while, based on stories I wrote as a kid and the 3e Manual of the Planes - it was set on Ysgard and was wild. When Eberron came out I switched to that because I love the pulpy feel of it (see above) and also I loved the way gods and religions were portrayed similarly to those from Al-Qadim (i.e., not just big monsters to be eventually killed off). I embraced Mystara when I started to really get into Basic D&D a bit later, again based out of the Emirates of Ylaruam (more turbans and scimitars!). I loved the Hollow World and rocked with that too. In the 5e era I ran with Primeval Thule (more pulpy action and curved swords), mishmashing it with the World of Xoth and Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperboria. Eventually i moved on to mostly playing Dungeon Crawl Classics, which maintains that pulpy and weird fantasy feel no matter what. TL, DR: I love pulpy weird fantasy and scimitars. [/QUOTE]

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