Other than Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms can any of you out there recommend a good D20 game setting for Dungeons and Dragons P&P play? There are a lot of new products hitting the shelves daily ever since Wizards of the Coast did the smart thing and opened their D&D license to second parties (unlike TSR), but I have been so long out of the loop I couldn't tell you what is good and not so good. So, if you can, what is out there that has decent maps, background material, etc., that is detailed enough to lend a good feel to the world without weighing a DM down with tons of details? The beauty of Greyhawk was that it had a nice map of Oerth along with two book supplements with enough detail to intrigue but not dictate. Thanks.

Ravenloft's a goody - though it is quite alot different than any other type of AD&D. Planescape's pretty weird too - though if you played PS:T, you know how sweet it is.

My advice, though, would be to do a little creative work and try blending ancient cultures and create your own - remember, improv works really well, so you don't have to chart out every inch and second of your civilization. Try blending, say the Norse and Egyptians - half-dog warriors wielding the spiritual hammers of their mighty god Thor. :D

I never played it but there's Star Wars on the D20 system, there's another one, but I forget the name of it, it has a lot to do with samuri classes and such.

Yea, they did a great job creating the Oerth setting, but don't forget, if you look at the map, the current ones they use is only a small fraction of Oerth, they still left the rest unexplored.

the star wars one is pretty fun, my brothers and I have started many a cantina fight to distract people while we loot contraband items. lotsa fun. but it's there a dragonlance one too? or is that really old? I dunno, since my brothers moved away a couple years ago I too haven't had the chance to really roleplay the good -ol fashioned way.

<font color=deepskyblue>You could also try the world of Krynn form the Dragonlance books. In addition to the many novels, there was also a hardback sourcebook produced by TSR.

Or.....you could do what my college roommate and I did - create your own world with your characters as the resident heroes. :D </font>

There is a new Dragonlance book coming out this fall I think, for the d20 system... If you want to try some cool setting try the Scarred Lands from Swords and Sorcery, very diffrent and you might even hate it at first... like I did [img]smile.gif[/img]

Also Monte Cook has made a "new" Players handbook with all sorts of cool stuff... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Ravenloft. Old (2d Ed) Ravenloft. Accept no substitutes.

Unless you want to make your own realm (like I do). Then, you can still use Ravenloft. :D

<font color='white'> You should try out the Dragonlance setting when it comes out this August.

Kyrnn is an awsome place...Well, I personally have never played in the world, but the books were great. I cant wait to get the setting. </font>

Greyhawk?? a good setting???

I dunno. I would say Planescape, but what we have now (3rd ed Manual of the Planes) is very lacking.

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That wouldn't be the Bi-Temptation realm would it? :D
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That wouldn't be the Bi-Temptation realm would it? :D
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Dragonlance is a blast if you have a creative DM. It is limited if you stick to the rules ;) but a LOT of fun. Greyhawk is from the old old school with modules like Keep on the Borderlands and that Giant serie, thr name escapes me at the moment. Granted most and written mod can be put into any setting or game world, and eventually you will find yourself making your own. It all comes down to a couple basic thing's, who the DM is and what caliber of players you have, you could have the worlds gratest DM or be that one and have poor players and never have any fun or vise versa. Play around and enjoy, stick to 2nd ed or 1st ed, 3rd I find to be a bit off the mark, there are some great idea's and what have you but.... Enjoy

Bah, d20, spawn of evil! [img]tongue.gif[/img] Anyways... from my 2ed experiences, Planescape is quite fun. Might also want to take a look at Dark Sun if they ever make it d20, although can't be sure if you'll like it or not. *shrug*

2nd ed all the way, but if you must go with 3E, I've heard good things about Kingdoms of Kalamar, and Ravenloft 3E looks interesting, except that they can't use any names that TSR owns the copyrights to, ie Hazlan is from a generic D&D world, not Forgotten Realms, Lord Soth is gone as is Sithicus, and replaced by a similarly named place, and a generic death knight, etc etc.