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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jraynack" data-source="post: 2802906" data-attributes="member: 13894">Well, we have been playtesting the Fuedal Lords Campaign Setting for the past two years.  Though it is an unique setting in its own right, I run it as a heavily medieval setting similar to Europe, England, Italy, and the crusading Middle East.I think common social graces and laws (basic things that the character already knows growing up in such a setting) should be briefly explained to players so that they may try carve an unique niche for their characters.  Other things, such as more in depth social customs, should be discovered during game play to spice up the session and keep them on their toes.The more one searches on how things worked during a particular period (studying laws, political structure, social customs, etc.) will spawn dozens of unexpected adventure ideas for any gamemaster.  For instance, it was illegal to sell or trade apprentices during the feudal period - so characters can be initially hired to find an apprentice who ran away only to discover that he was traded illegally by old master which is why he ran away from his new master.A good campaign model that did well to make an unique setting while bringing a realistic viewpoint on how people have adapted socially to their own world is Dark Sun.  To have characters voluntarily decide to raid a caravan because the party was low on water or might have a steel weapon are priceless moments.Plus, the more characters begin to understand the social complexities of a world, the more players begin to see it as a living, breathing entity that they are a part of and will begin making party decisions without proding from the GM.</blockquote>

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