Two weeks ago, we asked what setting you’d like to see next updated to 4e. The big winner was the bunch of bashers who know the dark about Sigil: 29% chose Planescape as their top pick for next setting. Second place (22%) went to Dark Sun, which presumably will need some psionics rules first. Third place (12%) went to Ravenloft, and all the settings listed got at least a little love.
Both Planescape and Ravenloft have gotten a bit of 4e support in Dragon magazine. Dragon featured a new Domain of Dread which suggests the role of Ravenloft in the 4e cosmology. Likewise, the Mercykillers article went up today, which answers a lot of questions about the role of Planescape and Sigil in 4e. It includes a lengthy introduction (with some in Sigil cant) and then presents the Mercykiller faction as a Paragon Path. Some of who have received the Manual of the Planes early have also reported that Sigil gets some more love in that tome. I’m not sure what any of that means for the two settings’ chances of hitting print as standalone works, but at least there’s something for us to sink our teeth into in the meantime.
Consider this an edition-free follow-up to the last question. There was top pick for what should be next in 4e, but I’m curious:
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Feel free to use your own metric of whether or not you’ve played in the setting or not. For example, since 3e used Greyhawk as the default setting, many would answer that. However, I played in plenty of 3e games that used the Greyhawk deities and such but never felt like I was actually playing “in Greyhawk” so I’m leaving that off my list. Likewise, you might have played in a Planescape campaign but never chose a faction or set foot in Sigil. Make your best determination, and let us know where you’ve adventured.
Though I’ve played in most of the above campaigns, the majority of my gaming years have been spent in Kingdoms of Kalamar.
My preference for a new campaign setting would probably be “something new”. With the new races, changes to much of the general core history of D&D, I’d love to see a new setting come out that factored in all of the 4th edition as a whole.
I think I’ve played in all those, including the other category to include Kara Tur (2e) and Rokugan (3e).
Actually still playing a Birthright game – the folks at birthright.net have done a really good job updating the rules to 3rd Edition. Great setting, and expanded upon nicely in the original supplements.
I think my favorite setting, however, is Eberron. The more modern perspective is really what does it for me, as well as the tension and sense of opportunity in the setting.
There was also a Dark Sun article in the earlier issues of Dragon before it went into subscription mode. 😉
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If video games count, almost all of them 🙂 If not, almost none of them.
For some reason I forgot about the many great adaptations of D&D worlds. I’ll stick with the original test of the quiz: if you feel as though you were really playing in those settings in the video game in question, feel free to mark them. (So Planescape: Torment for sure.)
I’ve always played in homebrew settings, as far as I am aware.
Homebrewed guy myself. Although I dabbled in many other setting, mostly Greyhawk, Ptolus and Dragonlance.
Mostly homebrew games, but I can remember playing in at least one Dark Sun and one short-lived Council of Wyrms game. It was my first experience with the kickass 2nd Ed. Sapphire Dragon, but we all took issue with another player being a Black Dragon and I think ended up killing him. Party fighting is probably what did that one in. 😀
The Dark Sun game was good, but I made a string of continuous bad decisions that resulted in a 1:1 character to adventure ratio for me in the end.
Dave, just wanted to tell you that your photostream (RPGTips) is fantastic! Lots and lots of ideas. I most particularly like “The Pyramid”, with the increasing (or decreasing) tiles representing its levels; brilliant. I have something like that from lino/floor covering, but had never thought of the idea of using it as different levels in that way. Congratulations! Also congrats on your choice (?) of Father, Jack Chalker’s stories have been inspirational to me for years (I am 61, by the way!). His Labyrinth stories for instance, and the other (Name escapes me! Damn getting old!) about the Storms, were mind-boggling. I have a Hell of a job getting hold of them in UK however! You take after him for imagination, it is plain to see! Just subscribing to the Blog, by the way, how did I miss it?! I haven’t played in any published setting, more used to the venerable 1e and Homebrew, am hoping to begin a 4e game soon, however. Thanks.
Ian
Thanks Ian! Hope you like it here.
So far, so good! I am off to that 4e game tonight but I don’t think we’ll be starting as the GM has a sick wife; so looks like Arkham Horror instead… have to Save the world. Those stories I couldn’t remember the name of were Changewinds, by the way; excellent!
So long, back soon!
Ian