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Need help for new campaign [Archive] - Wizards Community

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WaspEater22
01-10-04, 12:32 PM After starting a new campaign in FR I have found myself growing.... paranoid perhaps? I've only done two simple sessions to expose a few people who haven't played D&D before to the feel of RP'ing (One was a hack&slash orc raid, the other was a mysterious murder mystery type thing where the player's actions swayed the course of the everything).

But, as I think of what to do throughout the campaign, the only thing FR seems to be doing for me, is restricting me.

I know - Your going to say "Your the DM, you have final word, you can do what you want."

And I know, it's acceptable to pick and chose what books and rules to use.

And I know, it's acceptable to pick how the god's influence the world.

And I know, it's acceptable to add cities.

But, what if I want to a giant steamy mountain range that covers half of Cormyr? I would feel sorta bad about changing the geography of Fearun.

I mean. I can't just alter the world at my whim, it's all so concrete. And the player's can look at the book, or the big map of Faerun on the wall to disprove any major alterations I do.

I think making my own custom world is a good idea. I could take ideas from the FR book.

Does anyone follow me?
Cunning Linguist
01-10-04, 12:41 PM Sure, you can do that.

But.. How about teleporting your characters into a place like that?

Why must cormyr have a mountain range in it? If you make your own world, after a while you'll see that even that does not fit with everything.

Lets say you make world of your own, and the Players are in a city, and now you need a lake close by.. But you have always played without that lake. Just throwing in that lake would make the players wonder: Is this really a true world? Or is he just mixing new things in so that he can make the adventure work?

Making your own world is a lot of work. Even if you borrow almost everything from FR, you will be using hours apon hours to make it. And perhaps you will feal that this is the perfect way to roleplay, or you will find out (like me) its painstaking, tidius work, that takes forever.
Wooly Rupert
01-10-04, 07:42 PM Besides, there's entire contents that have never even been officially mentioned, much less described...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
WaspEater22 01-10-04, 12:32 PM	After starting a new campaign in FR I have found myself growing.... paranoid perhaps? I've only done two simple sessions to expose a few people who haven't played D&D before to the feel of RP'ing (One was a hack&slash orc raid, the other was a mysterious murder mystery type thing where the player's actions swayed the course of the everything). But, as I think of what to do throughout the campaign, the only thing FR seems to be doing for me, is restricting me. I know - Your going to say "Your the DM, you have final word, you can do what you want." And I know, it's acceptable to pick and chose what books and rules to use. And I know, it's acceptable to pick how the god's influence the world. And I know, it's acceptable to add cities. But, what if I want to a giant steamy mountain range that covers half of Cormyr? I would feel sorta bad about changing the geography of Fearun. I mean. I can't just alter the world at my whim, it's all so concrete. And the player's can look at the book, or the big map of Faerun on the wall to disprove any major alterations I do. I think making my own custom world is a good idea. I could take ideas from the FR book. Does anyone follow me?
Cunning Linguist 01-10-04, 12:41 PM	Sure, you can do that. But.. How about teleporting your characters into a place like that? Why must cormyr have a mountain range in it? If you make your own world, after a while you'll see that even that does not fit with everything. Lets say you make world of your own, and the Players are in a city, and now you need a lake close by.. But you have always played without that lake. Just throwing in that lake would make the players wonder: Is this really a true world? Or is he just mixing new things in so that he can make the adventure work? Making your own world is a lot of work. Even if you borrow almost everything from FR, you will be using hours apon hours to make it. And perhaps you will feal that this is the perfect way to roleplay, or you will find out (like me) its painstaking, tidius work, that takes forever.
Wooly Rupert 01-10-04, 07:42 PM	Besides, there's entire contents that have never even been officially mentioned, much less described...