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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I love Ravenloft and I love Forgotten Realms. I’m also a big fan of Critical Role’s Exandria setting. I don’t know Dragonlance that well and I don’t know Dark Sun at all.

I love Ravenloft because it’s gothic horror and Forgotten Realms and Exandria because they’re high fantasy and I really like both those genres.

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I have played in Forgotten Realms, Wildemount, and several homebrew settings. I’d love to try Ravenloft sometime.

Several of the games in Forgotten Realms ended up in Icewind Dale, which is a pretty cool place.

I really like the game I am in now set in Post-apocalyptic Appalachia.

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I have played in Forgotten Realms, Wildemount, and several homebrew settings. I’d love to try Ravenloft sometime.

Several of the games in Forgotten Realms ended up in Icewind Dale, which is a pretty cool place.

I really like the game I am in now set in Post-apocalyptic Appalachia.

 Icewind Dale is one of my favorite locations in the Forgotten Realms.

Eberron. I love the additional races (except shifters, they’re okay though), the story telling potential from the Last War, magitech and the 1920s aesthetic, and the amazing twists on standard D&D races. IMO, 9 times out of 10, the Eberron version of a typical D&D grace is way more interesting than the base/Forgotten Realms lore for them. Oh, and almost all of the religions are amazing, especially the Blood of Vol and Church of the Silver Flame. 

I like the idea of Athas (Dark Sun), but in practice it's a bit of a mess.

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why? 

I love homebrew too much to try anything else.

Okay, that was a lie. I dig Spelljammer too. But c’mon, it’s Spelljammer. What’s not to like?

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I’ve only ever played in Faerûn and Homebrew, and I’d love to play in one of those other settings. I’ve read the Dragonlance books though. 

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I’ve only ever played in Faerûn and Homebrew, and I’d love to play in one of those other settings. I’ve read the Dragonlance books though. 

 Basically same scenario here. Besides the Dragonlance books, never read those before.

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 My favorites are indisputably Eberron and Dragonlancr, though Dragonlance takes the cake; it simply has better fiction. Following it is Dark Sun. Athas is one of the most unique published settings and I adore the design behind it. Unfortunately, it was never reprinted in 5e, but I see why. I don’t believe in WotC’s statements about sensitive topics in it; I think it would just be hard to translate a setting with strong character restrictions (in some ways) into the most free and rules-lite edition.

To give credit where it is due, the Forgotten Realms and Theros are also amazing settings; If you haven’t heard, there’s more where Theros (and Ravnica and Strixhaven) came from! Check out the BEST expansions for D&D right here: Plane Shift! I’m a big Magic: the Gathering player (when WotC treats an IP well, it treats it well! [except the over focus on commander, but I digress] Poor D&D is missing out on the massive releases Magic gets.) so I absolutely love seeing these classic settings in 5e. Now I just need Tarkir…

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I absolutely love the idea of Ravenloft, I got Van Richten’s as soon as I heard about it. Second place is probably spelljammer (part of that being space clowns and the new dragons) and I don’t know if it counts so I’m not officially including it, otherwise it would have been top spot, but the feywild and just the domains of delight and everything like WBTWL is soo cool I love it so much. Prismeer is great and Iggwilv is my favorite official monster statblock and the idea of the three hags and their designs and everything I LOVE IT.

Question: have you ever had a dnd moment that makes less sense with context?

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For folks who have played D&D for awhile - is there a setting you prefer (Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms - Homebrew, aside) - if so, why?

For the folks newer to D&D - what is you've discovered you've enjoyed about the setting you're playing in (whatever it may be)?

 

 I actually use a custom setting which combines all of them, aside from dark sun.

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Question: have you ever had a dnd moment that makes less sense with context?

 How could anything make less sense with context?

I have no preference for setting as long as it makes sense.

If someone were to ask you to summarize this entire thread (230 pages!) in 3 sentences - what would you say/how would you describe it?

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Question: have you ever had a dnd moment that makes less sense with context?

 How could anything make less sense with context?

 Like a conversation that is normal, but feels insane with the context.

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If someone were to ask you to summarize this entire thread (230 pages!) in 3 sentences - what would you say/how would you describe it?

1.  It’s just like real life, it includes absolutely anything and everything that comes your way, it’s got its quirks, its ebbs and flows, ups and downs, highs and lows (which are not the same things),  and its success and failures.
2. It’s like an old friend, comfortable, familiar, honest, reliable, copacetic, without any pressure to or expectations that you keep in constant contact, but always there when you need it and picks up just as if you’ve never stopped.
3. In short, it’s a beautiful, wonderful thing, and Im glad it exists.

General question, not necessarily of the day as it were: Is anyone here relatively familiar with M:tG (the card game, not the D&D settings), and is willing to look over some monsters I created as imports to D&D? I could use some fresh eyes on things and outside perspectives as to how I tried to express and represent their M:tG mechanics within D&D’s action economy and relative CR scaling (for what CR is worth at any rate 🙄).

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General question, not necessarily of the day as it were: Is anyone here relatively familiar with M:tG (the card game, not the D&D settings), and is willing to look over some monsters I created as imports to D&D? I could use some fresh eyes on things and outside perspectives as to how I tried to express and represent their M:tG mechanics within D&D’s action economy and relative CR scaling (for what CR is worth at any rate 🙄).

 That would definitely not be me. Only ever played MtG once.

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General question, not necessarily of the day as it were: Is anyone here relatively familiar with M:tG (the card game, not the D&D settings),

YES! I actually create decks for fun lol and can share some with you if you want. :)

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and is willing to look over some monsters I created as imports to D&D? I could use some fresh eyes on things and outside perspectives as to how I tried to express and represent their M:tG mechanics within D&D’s action economy and relative CR scaling (for what CR is worth at any rate 🙄).

Sure, though I suck at understanding whether or not things match with their CR because I don't really understanding the building a monster system.