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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sleypy" data-source="post: 6764462" data-attributes="member: 6695396">Despite not having much interest in Tolkien's world, I think I would very much enjoy him as a DM.I feel like I can't make a character without having some idea of what the world looks like, I would ask if I could play a weird race or class, but that is because I don't know that those things exist or not until the DM tells me. I am concerned that when things that are fascinating to someone are not present they are too quick to discredit other worldbuilders that have put their efforts into another place.Being a world builder myself, I find that there are aspects of the world building that I enjoy that on occasion differ from those of my Players. I don't put as much effort into geography or economics--I use artistic maps and have towns with a single export. In my experience, the Players that tend to care about those things are also world builders, and I lean on them for specific details when I flesh out the world. The parts or world building I enjoy and spend most of my time on are creatures and culture; bizarre/backwards technology; and magic items. I usually have GM friends come to me to bounce ideas about those types of things.</blockquote>