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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 4785520" data-attributes="member: 70"><p>I can't give you a compelling reason to create your own homebrew. I can tell you what compels -me- to create -my- homebrew, but it looks like you just don't have the creative urge or desire. And there's nothing wrong with that. Different strokes for different folks, 'n all that. My homebrew is pretty generic in alot of ways, and I could run 99% of the adventures in GH or FR...but it wouldn't ever feel right.</p><p></p><p>I like the act of creating the world. I like shaping the feel of it, and incorporating the elements and ideas I find exciting and interesting, and it gets to a point where it's easier to write things onto a blank slate than to hand out 40 pages of notes on how you've rewritten greyhawk or the forgotten realms. Do my players care about my world? I think so. I think they care about it just as much as they care about the published worlds - after all, they didn't create them either, so it's not like they're personally invested in Forgotten Realms or something. And sure, it's hard to find an audience that'll sit and listen to you brag, but every once in awhile you'll find someone, and it makes your day like nothing else.</p><p></p><p>Also, people are alot more receptive if you make it interesting, and it has to interest YOU to be interesting to other people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 4785520, member: 70"] I can't give you a compelling reason to create your own homebrew. I can tell you what compels -me- to create -my- homebrew, but it looks like you just don't have the creative urge or desire. And there's nothing wrong with that. Different strokes for different folks, 'n all that. My homebrew is pretty generic in alot of ways, and I could run 99% of the adventures in GH or FR...but it wouldn't ever feel right. I like the act of creating the world. I like shaping the feel of it, and incorporating the elements and ideas I find exciting and interesting, and it gets to a point where it's easier to write things onto a blank slate than to hand out 40 pages of notes on how you've rewritten greyhawk or the forgotten realms. Do my players care about my world? I think so. I think they care about it just as much as they care about the published worlds - after all, they didn't create them either, so it's not like they're personally invested in Forgotten Realms or something. And sure, it's hard to find an audience that'll sit and listen to you brag, but every once in awhile you'll find someone, and it makes your day like nothing else. Also, people are alot more receptive if you make it interesting, and it has to interest YOU to be interesting to other people. [/QUOTE]
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