Of course first is Ravenloft and Gothic Earth's Masque of the Red Death
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I really enjoyed this as well, Trevorfrost, but it never seemed to catch on with most people. There was a unqiue feel and flavor to it, and I would have liked to see it do better than what it ever did.Trevorfrost wrote:Al~Qadim, I am really surprised at how much this setting is the red headed step child of D&D there is just so much cool stuff in it. The whole Arabian Nights feel, Sha-ir's, and Genies. What's not to love?
Ditto on the setting, and ditto on the Faction War adventure...Trevorfrost wrote:Planescape, I liked this setting a whole lot though I am upset at how much the whole Faction War adventure destroyed the setting
Actually, the gritty and harsh aspects of the world were what drew me into this setting. Oh, those and psionics. I love psionics!Trevorfrost wrote:Darksun, Psionics taking a front row seat has always made me like this setting(as I am a huge Psionic fan), the thing I don't like about it is the grittyness and harshness of the world.
There's a new Taladas book due out soon.Desmond LaRouche wrote:Probably Dragonlance, mainly because of Lord Soth, and the creation impetus for Vlad Drakov (and also Baron Evensong).
I've never played the setting officially, but I really like certain aspects of it.
A minor note. I recently bought the newest Dragonlance setting, my first in the series, and nothing is mentioned about Taladas except brief details. Considering Drakov hails from that continent (or did at least in Ravenloft's 1st & 2nd Editions), I looked forward to learning more about the place. No such luck.
Has the main focus on Krynn always been Ansalon-centric?
I know that sounds weird I guess for a person who likes Ravenloft, Its a fine distinction in flavors. Dark Sun has got too much of a Post Apocolyptic feel I guess.. I hate Post Apocolyptic though some of the things in it were pretty cool. I also don't like the power gamer feel it gave off with all characters starting out at higher levels. However it did have some interesting stuff as well, I really liked the stuff on the Last Sea in the revised box. Have been looking for copies of the sourcebook for that at a decent price for a while now .Jason of the Fraternity wrote:
Actually, the gritty and harsh aspects of the world were what drew me into this setting. Oh, those and psionics. I love psionics!
No, I definitely can understand and respect what you mean about the distinction in flavors between the two settings. I prefer playing out the harsh lives of Ravenloft characters moreso than the Athasian charcters, but Darksun was still a fun setting to play. I guess that I didn't really view it being Post-Apocolyptic, due to the high fantasy levels in it (versus a more sci-fi feel).Anonymous wrote:I know that sounds weird I guess for a person who likes Ravenloft, Its a fine distinction in flavors. Dark Sun has got too much of a Post Apocolyptic feel I guess...