tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post87291239647018666..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: On the DM's Guild; or, Let's be Innovative with the Forgotten RealmsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-85757805924431751432016-02-20T00:19:33.014+08:002016-02-20T00:19:33.014+08:00What is the fantasy India?What is the fantasy India?brandon karlishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965986442476126755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-82365207503615148782016-02-01T08:16:04.449+08:002016-02-01T08:16:04.449+08:00Aboriginal...so which period?
-100,000 C.Y. : Nea...Aboriginal...so which period?<br />-100,000 C.Y. : Neanderthal stone age were devoid of gods, religion and tattoos. They ate raw food (grubs, bone marrow, caterpillar).<br />-20,000 C.Y.: Halfling neolithic (described as being the size of small children) used bows and nets, ate seeds, honey. Had tattoos, narcotics, champion, and a concept of good and bad and contemplated time with a stick jammed in the dirt.<br />-17,000 C.Y.: neolithic humans. Gods, spears, fish, honey, fire.Sean Robert Meaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-45564906072131483272016-02-01T06:53:53.481+08:002016-02-01T06:53:53.481+08:00Thanks. I am on a bit of a setting idea hot streak...Thanks. I am on a bit of a setting idea hot streak at the moment, I think. Must be being skint in January that does it.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-65674541429432317342016-02-01T06:52:59.801+08:002016-02-01T06:52:59.801+08:00I can get behind it as a sort of default D&D w...I can get behind it as a sort of default D&D world, but the Known World seems much more interesting to me. I like the fairy tale flavour to it.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-70019810384624574422016-02-01T06:50:52.669+08:002016-02-01T06:50:52.669+08:00Yeah, I always forget Pathfinder exists and is a b...Yeah, I always forget Pathfinder exists and is a big deal.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88487341006214285202016-02-01T06:50:30.520+08:002016-02-01T06:50:30.520+08:00A fantasy Tibet too.... ;)A fantasy Tibet too.... ;)noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-72304561600422800652016-02-01T06:13:55.326+08:002016-02-01T06:13:55.326+08:00Most setting ideas I've seen are second guessi...Most setting ideas I've seen are second guessing and obvious next moves but you're good at this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-57434031134251792512016-01-31T03:46:38.599+08:002016-01-31T03:46:38.599+08:00"We at the Wizards of the Coast quality assur..."We at the Wizards of the Coast quality assurance department have searched your submission for the words "Elminster cameo" and "Drizzt cameo" but no results were found. Consequently, your entry is rejected."Pity Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888455956188882829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-39020436171838541932016-01-31T01:53:13.625+08:002016-01-31T01:53:13.625+08:00My players LOVE Forgotten Realms, that is the worl...My players LOVE Forgotten Realms, that is the world that I learned how to play with, but I had always been intimidated by the bloat of the lore, so I never DMed there until recently. I now find that it is the perfect world for adult gaming, well for me anyway; I own the 2e boxset and that is all, it just gives me a skeleton and I add what I want to it, and FR is such a big place, you can throw anything that you can imagine at the thing and it will stick, and become core for YOUR world. It's like Greyhawk but with just a bit more detail in key spots which do make the game easier to work with.<br /><br />In regards to the DM Guild, I have a different opinion entirely. The worse thing about the realms is the bloat, as a private user I can do what I want, but as a professional, you are expected to follow Forgotten Realms Lore which may be taught in some University so place. FR gave you amazing hooks, and then turned around and used them themselves. The time-line won't stop, the products keep getting pumped out, who can keep up with that? I thought that it was bloated back in the 90's, I wouldn't touch core Forgotten Realms with a 13-foot pole! I think that this is a clear case of WOTC disallowing the OSR to function within it because they know that we didn't pay attention.RipperXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506064393275174920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-16569576169159346922016-01-30T04:49:02.697+08:002016-01-30T04:49:02.697+08:00This is a brilliant, beautiful idea. Hell, there&#...This is a brilliant, beautiful idea. Hell, there's a fantasy India out there that only exists in the broadest or broad strokes.Sean Tait Bircherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439758029465341353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-21222406175487012332016-01-30T03:27:00.452+08:002016-01-30T03:27:00.452+08:00"...or an attempt by WotC to co-opt all the D..."...or an attempt by WotC to co-opt all the DIY D&D stuff..."<br /><br />Not just that, but a way of building and cementing their brand loyalty. Consider Pathfinder wouldn't exist but for the investment individuals put into D20 prior to WotC cutting it off.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.com