Which is your favourite?
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Personaly i was torn between Darksun, Birthright and Forgotten Realms.
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I'm attracted to the Forgotten Realms for two reasons; first and foremost has to be the Underdark - I adore the setting, and its one of very few aspects of FR which isn't totally ripped off from elsewhere. The second reason is precisely that so much of it elsewhere is ripped off, it makes it very accessible, and ultimately extremely adaptable as a game setting, even though (I would argue) it has very little literary merit, or indeed continuity.
I've an extremely soft spot from Greyhawk, and for Dragonlance, both are kind of gloriously shameless in using fantasy tropes, and don't try to disguise the fact they're all about classic D&D. In many respects Greyhawk IS D&D, while the early Dragonlance books are just extremely kid friendly, and I relished them at a very young age.
The best on this list though? For me it has to be Planescape, it has a quality of madness and imaginative flair that I still find intoxicating.
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Story wise - I like Dragonlance a lot.
Setting wise - Planescape is phenominal and really interesting. So nuanced and imaginative!
But role play wise? Forgotten Realms all the way for all the reasons IG just said and a few more.
The setting is well fleshed out. It's a big generic, but that isn't always a bad thing. It means almost any trope you come up with will have a home there.
Also there is a lot going on there. with Dragonlance it always felt like, for the most part, there was one big Story, and the entire world was about that Story and so anything you did would be centralized on that Story.
FR it feels like there are thousands of little stories, so there's room to meet lots of different things to do.
I don't know enough about most of the other settings to comment.
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Dragonlance had a massive impact on me, the story was just excellent. Really got my young mind racing with ideas for scenarios.
Darksun... probabaly the longest campaign of P&P i was ever involved in, at least as a player (which was rare). The darkness and low mortality rate of that setting if done right could easily match the Ravenloft setting. The variety and step away from standard D&D settings of knights and wizards was also refreshing. Got to say i almost picked this one.
The other settings i never really toyed with, maybe a little Mystara in the early days and some Ravenloft. although my groups never liked that setting, too dark for them.
Talandis Tanor'Thal
Kalnafein Cress'delbarra
Tanis Thade
Merklynn Steelshadow II
Gulmyr Dro'Vaalvaz
Aerik Northman
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wanted to add that to the poll but it only allows 10 options.
Talandis Tanor'Thal
Kalnafein Cress'delbarra
Tanis Thade
Merklynn Steelshadow II
Gulmyr Dro'Vaalvaz
Aerik Northman
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tbf all of these are official WotC settings, right?Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:53 amI find the absence of Pathfinder on this list most disturbing.
either way my answer is also pathfinder.
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Yes, I know Greyhawk is up there too.
Forgotten Realms is a late comer, and really just seemed like a fantasy rip off of earth to me. It was also the "catch-all" setting where you just crammed everything in. It reminds me a lot of a fantasy version of Palladium's Rifts setting in that way. Alter-earth crammed with so much crap you have to roll a random encounter to cross the street.
I just dated myself.
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ah yes, eberron, that well known TSR property
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Greyhawk is classic, had all the action figures as a kid
Krynn and Dragonlance is where everything was just perfect, save the princess, get betrayed by the ex the classic knight with great flaws, and Tas
but with all that.
The Realms are home always truly have been, our homebrew was set in an uncharted region on the main maps that covered the wall.
Even before Drizzt captivated the world, it is the setting that everyone can find their spot.
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setting in an unexplored Steampunk world that screams 'Adventure'.
2. Forgotten Realms was going to be my first choice since i was
introduced to Fantasy settings with Neverwinter Nights.
3.Cthulhu Mythos
Full of Tentacle p^@% stuff i've always been afraid of,
i've listened to the AudioBook on Youtube and
played Quake 1 wich was based off Cthulhu's art style.
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NWN aside, there is something beautiful in seeing the world shape and change after your actions at the D&D table, which our stories take place in 5th edition Forgotten Realms =)
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I definitely prefer that to FR, which generally feels like it's so chock-full of grand heroes and mages that your own personal adventures seem less important.
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