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Unifying D&D settings

Started by tenbones, December 14, 2015, 12:46:54 PM

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yosemitemike

#45
December 18, 2015, 04:26:33 AM
Kara-Tur and Al-Qadim are both part of Forgotten Realms.
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December 22, 2015, 11:03:47 PM
Quote from: yosemitemike;869483Kara-Tur and Al-Qadim are both part of Forgotten Realms.

Maztica too, but most people would rather not remember that one.
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December 26, 2015, 02:22:59 PM
If I'm not mistaken, most of the D&D-based settings already have plenty of books written about them correct? Is the game-system that significant of a deterrent that these books couldn't still be used for their content? I mean I still heavily used my 3e Forgotten Realms books for my 4th edition FR campaigns and it's information was still just as good.

I mean, I just received a large bit of pdfs for Ravenloft published for 3rd edition and I'm pretty sure that if I wanted to run a 5th edition Ravenloft game, these supplements would definitely come in handy to read and search through for ideas.

I guess I just don't see the drastic need for new setting content just because a new edition was released.
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#48
December 26, 2015, 02:26:18 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;870281Maztica too, but most people would rather not remember that one.

Heh, Mexico-Realms with their own Conquistador inquisition in the service of Helm no less. Read the first book of that trilogy and stopped. When they removed Maztica for Returned Abeir I was ultimately surprised and elated, now Maztica is never coming back in my Realms (pseudo-Egypt either).
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Christopher Brady

#49
December 26, 2015, 05:33:11 PM
The issue I have is the various cosmologies of each setting.

Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms, not so much.  Most of theirs are pretty interchangeable.  But Krynn has it's own Gods and silliness involving the Alignment system, Dark Sun has no Gods, they got killed or banished or something (not to mention the sun has gone red and is dying.)  Unless, they're saying that DS is actually Faerun's far future, I can believe that.

Ebberon is also pretty much like Faerun, but it's entire world is more or less 'mapped' out, making it hard to just plop it in some where.  Not mention that it's Gods are much less visible than Faerun's.

I don't know how it's possible without mangling each setting.
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#50
December 28, 2015, 01:49:32 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;870281Maztica too, but most people would rather not remember that one.

There was also the Mongol themed Golden Horde thing but it doesn't seem like many people care to remember that either.
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December 28, 2015, 06:05:10 PM
Quote from: yosemitemike;870808There was also the Mongol themed Golden Horde thing but it doesn't seem like many people care to remember that either.

I'm pretty sure it was just called "the Horde"?

Anyways, it was just dull and badly compiled. On the other hand, Maztica was more actively godawful.

"Sons of Azca", a Hollow World sourcebook for D&D RC, was ironically way better at the job.
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