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Favorite Unpublished Setting?

Started by B. Chaos, March 25, 2015, 04:55:38 PM

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B. Chaos

March 25, 2015, 04:55:38 PM
Hi all! I'm new to this forum. Curious to see if there are any of you who have run a campaign using the Fall from Heaven dark fantasy setting. Personally it's my favorite. I'm also curious to find any more hidden gems out there. What's your favorite unpublished setting?

The Butcher

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March 26, 2015, 12:47:07 PM
Welcome to the site!

Not sure what you mean by "unpublished setting" -- you mean homebrews?

Arkansan

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March 26, 2015, 01:42:58 PM Last Edit: March 26, 2015, 02:09:17 PM by Arkansan
Do you mean home brew settings that are posted online but not formally published?

B. Chaos

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March 26, 2015, 06:58:55 PM
I mean fantasy settings that aren't published for D&D. Like the setting I use, Fall from Heaven, is a fantasy setting of a Civ4 mod. Generally any fantasy setting out there but hasn't been published for D&D, but may or may not have been published in a different form.

Arkansan

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March 26, 2015, 09:01:17 PM
Oh then it's hard to name a favorite. I really like the setting for the game Avernum: Escape from the Pit.

I also think there is a good setting in the Diablo games if it were a bit more fleshed out.

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March 28, 2015, 03:29:40 AM
Well.. for the next little while, my favorite would be Dark Albion: The Rose War...but its category is soon to change..
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March 28, 2015, 04:02:17 AM
"Foreven Sector Frontier" for Mongoose Traveller.
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March 28, 2015, 05:38:46 PM
Quote from: B. Chaos;822331I mean fantasy settings that aren't published for D&D. Like the setting I use, Fall from Heaven, is a fantasy setting of a Civ4 mod. Generally any fantasy setting out there but hasn't been published for D&D, but may or may not have been published in a different form.

I have also used a civilization mod, though mine is from civ 2. It's called the fall of the Kraekian empire or something like that, fairly typical fantasy, but I esn a pbp with it for a couple of years
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B. Chaos

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March 28, 2015, 06:00:58 PM
I know nothing about Avernum or Dark Albion, but those sound like something worth looking into.

Quote from: Technomancer;822615I have also used a civilization mod, though mine is from civ 2. It's called the fall of the Kraekian empire or something like that, fairly typical fantasy, but I esn a pbp with it for a couple of years

@Technomancer: If you're a fellow civver, have you tried Kael's mod (FfH)? Personally, CiV never compared to Civ4 for me, mainly because there was no mod that had so many great features and replayability.

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March 28, 2015, 07:03:15 PM
Quote from: B. Chaos;822616I know nothing about Avernum or Dark Albion, but those sound like something worth looking into.

If you like Avernum, try the Avadon games (also from Spiderweb).  Decent fantasy setting to use as a backdrop  

Quote@Technomancer: If you're a fellow civver, have you tried Kael's mod (FfH)? Personally, CiV never compared to Civ4 for me, mainly because there was no mod that had so many great features and replayability.

I haven't played since Civ 2, although I did play the hell out of it back in the day.  Many times I started playing early afternoon and when I finally managed to tear my eyes from the screen the house would be pitch black.

Another one I always wanted to use for an rpg setting was War of the Realm, another fairly standard fantasy setting, including the obligatory more advanced mysterious ancient culture whose ruins still dot the land.
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Baron Opal

#10
March 29, 2015, 11:58:35 PM
I would be interested in a setting from the Dark Border novels, by Paul Zimmer. I find the world fascinating.

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March 30, 2015, 04:11:04 AM
Quote from: B. Chaos;822616I know nothing about Avernum or Dark Albion, but those sound like something worth looking into.


Well, you should get a chance fairly soon, when it comes to Dark Albion.  Meanwhile, check out "The RPGPundit's forum" on this site, one of the stickied threads there outlines all the info I released from the campaign before I started working on the book as a commercial product.
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March 30, 2015, 04:22:07 AM
Quote from: B. Chaos;822331I mean fantasy settings that aren't published for D&D. Like the setting I use, Fall from Heaven, is a fantasy setting of a Civ4 mod. Generally any fantasy setting out there but hasn't been published for D&D, but may or may not have been published in a different form.

Golarion? Glorantha? Tekumel? All unpublished by this odd definition...

Although in recent times I've been enjoying Shores of Korantia for RQ6.
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