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Setting; Where are we?
Topic Started: Mar 11 2016, 12:44 AM (38 Views)
ImposterParrotGrass
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What do people want the setting to be?

THE CASE FOR THE REALMS
- Massive backlog of lore to draw upon, including recognizable iconic characters
- Semi-familiar to the general public already thanks to games like Neverwinter and Baldur's Gate
- Hasbro prefers it and so a pitch with the Realms is more likely to succeed.
- Similar enough to "normie" expectations about D&D that it won't run the risk of alienating them.
- Ideal location is the Dalelands

THE CASE FOR GREYHAWK
- Classic D&D setting
- Less of a lore backlog in the setting, theoretically allowing more creative freedom (although it's difficult to believe that a FR-based cartoon wouldn't be allowed significant freedom anyway).
- Darker and edgier than the Realms. Some people like that.
- Like the Realms, very close to "normie" expectations for a typical D&D setting.

THE CASE FOR EBERRON
- Diverges significantly from "normie" expectations, but in an awesome, pulp-action way
- VERY high magic which can lead to a lot of fun
- Decent lore backlog but an explicit statement from Hasbro that the lore never "advances" except with edition changes, meaning that nothing in the show will happen in the campaign itself. This is both good (full creative freedom) and bad (no creative point).
- Past the surface, any standard D&D adventure still works here.
- Robots

THE CASE FOR A UNIQUE SETTING
- You can do whatever you want.
- But it'll probably just end up looking like Greyhawk or the Realms.
- But it won't actually BE Greyhawk or the Realms.

Personally, I would go with a new setting. It could avoid any baggage or restrictions that one of the established settings entails, and allow for lots of new ideas latter on. It could also help with some of the possibly problematic aspects. Clerics and Paladins could be devoted to "Greater Sprites" or something that's totally not a god. Also, there would probably be some special D&D:TAS edition books, and having an entirely new setting would make that much more justified.

Thoughts?
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Rogue Shadows
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Well, I personally favor the Realms, for the reasons outlined above. But a unique setting could be fun. I suppose Inkarnate is right there and still in open beta...here's a map I made in it, here (it's not a suggestion, it's just showing what Inkarnate can do).

Broadly I would suggest some place like the Dalelands, in that they're relatively "light" on civilization, with a frontier feel. Big cities are far away, truly massive ones like Waterdeep are almost unheard of, and most of the land is just small towns and homesteads.
Edited by Rogue Shadows, Mar 11 2016, 12:56 AM.
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Konrad13
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I for one support the Realms since it does still have a lot of lore to it, meaning established characters can crop up (rarely).
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TandemCheliped
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Personally, I'm in favour of FR solely on the basis of the Red Wizards of Thay being perfect cartoon villains. I don't actually know much about the rest of the lore, though.
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