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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SuperGnome" data-source="post: 4343072" data-attributes="member: 17297">20 years ago (and for some time after that) I was heavily into world building.  I then ended up being a player more than a DM, so I never really put much effort into it after that.  For the last 6 years or so I've been DMing almost exclusively, but no longer have time to invest in it.  I do enjoy it and miss it, but it is a lot of work.Like a lot of others, I now take published settings and change them to fit my ideas.  It works well for me as there is still a larger context to the locations, but I can put all of my energies into the small bit the players will experience.Another thing I get out of it is the fun of exploring those areas when I'm doing recon for adventure setup.  I like running into new information as well, and it's hard to be surprised by things you've created yourself.**I'd like to stick in a note that retroactively going back and changing settings (the Forgotten Realms for D&D comes to mind) annoys me when it's anything more than minor.  I like to use the fiction as source material as well, and things start getting jacked up when too many things undergo major change.</blockquote>