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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ed Cha" data-source="post: 1449851" data-attributes="member: 10972">If you're looking for purely historical adventures, I'd suggest the Avalanche Press books:<a href="http://www.avalanchepress.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=AP&Category_Code=d20" target="_blank">http://www.avalanchepress.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=AP&Category_Code=d20</a>Their d20 supplements are focused on real-life (or close enough) historical events or locations such as Egypt and China.   Anyhow, have you picked up any of the Open World Press books? I think you should. The current series is centered around the fictional "Kingdom of Calas", which was inspired by Celto-Saxon history and culture along with that of the Vikings. It parallels the story of Britain in some ways. Although it might be hard to see by just reading the book, you'll notice little things like the rulers have pseudo-Nordic names and the indigeous population has largely Celtic-type names. Here is a brief background piece for the setting (optional for using with the books):<a href="http://www.openworldpress.com/b.php?p=history_calas" target="_blank">http://www.openworldpress.com/b.php?p=history_calas</a>You might want to see for yourself though. You can pick up the OWP books here at the EN World RPG shop or at your local gaming store.  By the way, the latest book, "World of Whitethorn 1B: The Village of Oester", just received another five star rating right here on EN World:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&where=currentprod&which=WoW1TVoO" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&where=currentprod&which=WoW1TVoO</a>Patrick has made some very good points. Basically, it comes down to "If you don't buy them, people will stop making them." And all you'll have are mostly low-production/poor-quality products with very little or crappy art. Or just stuff you find in a magazine or as a free download. If that's what you want, then that's what you'll get. Simple as that. I make my own adventures and yet I buy tons of them all the time. I own hundreds of adventures from different systems and sources (modules, setting books, magazines, pamphlets, etc). How many have I actually used? Only a few. I find it hard to believe that some people think they're more creative because they don't buy any. To me, that's like a writer saying, "I'm so brilliant that I can write my own books, so I don't need to read any more books ever again." That's just me though.</blockquote>

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