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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackwind" data-source="post: 3004756" data-attributes="member: 1205">I homebrew because world-building is my favorite aspect of being a DM.  I draw inspiration from published settings and other people's homebrews, but in any given setting there is always *something* that turns me off, that just seems counter-intuitive, or dumb, or simply doesn't sit right with my aesthetic sensibilities.  Not that my homebrew is better, I just like it better because I made it.  I have to have complete creative control over the setting in my campaigns, or I am not happy and have trouble taking the game seriously.  Right now I am getting back into DMing after a (relatively) long hiatus, and I'm actually running Eberron.  It's internally consistent, well-designed, and has a distinctive flavor.  Certain things, like the dragonmarked houses, make me go "Shoot!  Why didn't I think of that?"  Other things, like the warforged, don't interest me so much.  After we finish the current series of adventures it will be back to the homebrew - or maybe a short campaign in Ptolus.   Other people's settings are fun for me to play around with and, of course, steal from, but ultimately I keep coming back to the art of homebrewing, because that is where I find the deepest satisfaction as a DM.</blockquote>