My "world" would be a single sentence.

"Create your own world, with as much creativity as you want."

I do like stock universes, but the only ones I've played in for fantasy was Palladium Fantasy, which I edited to have real life Earth cultures in each location.  Northern Grasslands are Mongols, with Byzantium island up north as Vikings.  Eastern Kingdom is English/French.  Southern lands of Timro is Italian, and South Winds was Spanish.  Western Empire is Arabian (pre Muslim, so the fun ones that drink, have harems, and belly dancers).  Phi and Logan Islands are Japan and China, and very hostile to outsiders. 

It was just easier to have real world cultures to work from.  I did get critics when I posted how I played from some fans who HATE when people don't create people and cultures from scratch, even if half of the game is already borrowing real life cultures in many areas already. 

[Points at my Cha'alt trilogy of hardbacks]  It's hip, funny, sexy, and has modern references that your target demographics would actually get.  It's also super edgy, the kids love that stuff.   

Plan B, after they recover from the collective heart attack...

Have you heard about our lord and savior David Hargrave and the Arduin Grimoire trilogy?

Unless I was offered a ridiculous sum of money, I would not sell an original setting of mine to WotC. From looking at past contracts of theirs, once they buy an intellectual property - they fully own that property and it is no longer the creator's. I just don't trust WotC enough to let them play with my original content and not fuck it up.

My setting is reminiscent of old Sword & Sorcery settings so I don't think it would be very popular. Low magic, lack of different species to play, not afraid to explore the darker side of life.

DnD isn't really suited to that unless you stick to low levels.

My last real setting was low magic and human-only PCs (there were fantasy races, but I wanted to make them seem alien). With what we've seen from the 1D&D playtest, I don't think a half-teifling/ half-warforged devil pact warlock would be a good fit for it.

Quote from: zircher on October 27, 2022, 10:17:39 PM
[Points at my Cha'alt trilogy of hardbacks]  It's hip, funny, sexy, and has modern references that your target demographics would actually get.  It's also super edgy, the kids love that stuff.   

Plan B, after they recover from the collective heart attack...

Have you heard about our lord and savior David Hargrave and the Arduin Grimoire trilogy?

unless it has transgenderqueer of color then everyone will hate it.

They would hate my world. it lacks safe spaces, proms and everything wants to kill you and eat you. I am an action heavy GM. Monsters are mostly evil. Thieves cannot be reasoned with. Cults are dark and more often than not trying to take over the known world by any means they can. death can strike you at any moment.

Quote from: MeganovaStella on October 28, 2022, 11:12:53 AM

Quote from: zircher on October 27, 2022, 10:17:39 PM
[Points at my Cha'alt trilogy of hardbacks]  It's hip, funny, sexy, and has modern references that your target demographics would actually get.  It's also super edgy, the kids love that stuff.   

Plan B, after they recover from the collective heart attack...

Have you heard about our lord and savior David Hargrave and the Arduin Grimoire trilogy?

unless it has transgenderqueer of color then everyone will hate it.

Well, Arduin has insect races, I'm sure someone will self identify with that brand of insanity.  :-D

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Quote from: jeff37923 on October 28, 2022, 05:32:46 AM
Unless I was offered a ridiculous sum of money, I would not sell an original setting of mine to WotC. From looking at past contracts of theirs, once they buy an intellectual property - they fully own that property and it is no longer the creator's. I just don't trust WotC enough to let them play with my original content and not fuck it up.

I have one I wrote specifically to be impossible to discuss at tbp.  WotC can have it and publish it as long as the contract requires it be printed in a full run and shipped to stores.  I'd hate to see them back peddle after they read it.

Well, I can keep this short.

If woke won't get me, copyright will. But that's my own fault for running a semi-Roman Empire Elder Scrolls Ultima world, I guess.

Is it ok if the response is: Someone shoot me if this happens.

Quote from: David Johansen on October 30, 2022, 02:19:36 PM

Quote from: jeff37923 on October 28, 2022, 05:32:46 AM
Unless I was offered a ridiculous sum of money, I would not sell an original setting of mine to WotC. From looking at past contracts of theirs, once they buy an intellectual property - they fully own that property and it is no longer the creator's. I just don't trust WotC enough to let them play with my original content and not fuck it up.

I have one I wrote specifically to be impossible to discuss at tbp.  WotC can have it and publish it as long as the contract requires it be printed in a full run and shipped to stores.  I'd hate to see them back peddle after they read it.

what the fuck is this setting? tell me about it

I actually did a lot of work on it here in the Game Design forum.  It's called The Crucible and the Chalice.

It details a continent that exists in a soft borders multiverse much like the Eternal Champion stuff by Michael Moorcock.  There is in this continent, a kingdom called The Chalice bounded by four ranges of mountains which make it virtually inassailable by any means than one pass.  The society of The Chalice is ruled by an oppressive religion that ruthlessly supresses all dissent and originality.  Criminals and their families are lobotomized and have their faces surgically removed after which they are worked to death as slaves.  The Chalice had good relations with the gateway nation that lay on the other side of the open pass through the mountains.  But those people were too liberal for them so they invaded, and used rape camps to completely replace the population with one that was entirely schooled in their ways from birth.  At the other end of the continent is a notorious city of sorcerers and deviants.  The technology is black powder era with limited steam power.  The playable races are bears, itinerant vampire farm workers, werewolves, and of course humans.

If I ever get around to publishing it I'll probably push some of the nastier stuff into the background and imply it rather than making it explict.  I was in a bit of a bad place when I wrote it.