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Ozreth
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 19 Sep 2025 : 14:51:38
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Whether you're about to start running or playing a new campaign, when would you like to set it and why in regards to events you want to have already happened to play off of, or events that you still want to unfold, or that you'd like to avoid altogether?
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Delnyn
Master of Realmslore
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2025 : 15:42:23
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| We can most likely include ideal year in the discussion for "Most Practical Period" thread you recently started. |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
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Posted - 20 Sep 2025 : 21:09:05
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I think it's ok to have this topic a separate one from the other. The other seems to be about his own campaign. while this questions seems to be more general.
Anyways, my answer is: depends on the books you have. Not all people have access to all books or the time to study the wiki for info, so the books you already own are the ideal place to start your campaign. I have all the 4e books, for instance, so that's where most my campaigns happen, regardless of edition rules used (though, I play mostly 4e or 5e) |
Instead of seeking change, you prefer a void, merciless abyss of a world... |
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Delnyn
Master of Realmslore
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2025 : 22:54:56
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I'm good with Zero's response. My preference is for the 1370's.
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Sep 2025 : 19:01:32
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My campaign starts at:
1356 D.R. (Forgotten Realms) D.R. = Dale Reckoning
576 C.Y. (Greyhawk) C.Y. = Common Year
1548 V.R. (Aerk) V.R. = Vhal Reckoning
581 (Al-Qadim)
1511 H.C. (Birthright) H.C. = Haelyn Count
320 I.D. (Chaeldain Isles) I.D. = Imperial Date
370 A.C. (Dragonlance) A.C. = After Cataclysm
I do this because of the fact all of those "worlds" are in one world now for my Grey Realms home setting. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
Edited by - Dalor Darden on 21 Sep 2025 19:15:16 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 21 Sep 2025 : 20:38:27
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If I was to DM, my campaign would start around 1372ish. Everything up to that point would be canon. Everything after that point would be negotiable.
I take that stance because whilst I liked some stuff in 3E, I didn't like all of it, and I thought some things could have been handled better. And there is very little I'd be willing to adopt from after the 3E era. |
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Trumm
Acolyte
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Posted - 23 Sep 2025 : 15:53:22
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| Somewhere between 1369 and 1372 D.R. |
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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
114 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2025 : 23:41:36
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It depends on elements of the campaign which would be made use of, but somewhere in the 1350s to 1370s.
Tried using the 1490s once but ultimately I burned out on waiting for Wizards of the Coast to do anything good with the modern Forgotten Realms and their recent full-throated embrace of AI for creating material means that I'm probably not even gonna bother with the upcoming boxed set. |
Edited by - Scots Dragon on 23 Sep 2025 23:43:26 |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1463 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2025 : 01:51:03
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
...their recent full-throated embrace of AI for creating material means that I'm probably not even gonna bother with the upcoming boxed set.
I already have zero interest in a new Forgotten Realms. There is enough TSR material to inspire the genesis of endless adventures; furthermore, modern D&D's increasingly kumbaya/sanitized nature is repugnant. However, I am curious as to where their stance on pattern-producing software was shared. If this is true, I consider it the nightshade berry atop a cyanide cake. |
Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Earth names in the Realms are more common than you may think. |
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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
114 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2025 : 10:56:32
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Originally posted by Azar
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
...their recent full-throated embrace of AI for creating material means that I'm probably not even gonna bother with the upcoming boxed set.
I already have zero interest in a new Forgotten Realms. There is enough TSR material to inspire the genesis of endless adventures; furthermore, modern D&D's increasingly kumbaya/sanitized nature is repugnant. However, I am curious as to where their stance on pattern-producing software was shared. If this is true, I consider it the nightshade berry atop a cyanide cake.
It was in a recent shareholder conference thing.
I do think you're throwing some of the baby out with the bathwater there. While the third edition era has its flaws, it does feel like an attempt to remain true to the spirit of the TSR-era material, at least early on. |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1463 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2025 : 11:26:17
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
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Originally posted by Azar
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
...their recent full-throated embrace of AI for creating material means that I'm probably not even gonna bother with the upcoming boxed set.
I already have zero interest in a new Forgotten Realms. There is enough TSR material to inspire the genesis of endless adventures; furthermore, modern D&D's increasingly kumbaya/sanitized nature is repugnant. However, I am curious as to where their stance on pattern-producing software was shared. If this is true, I consider it the nightshade berry atop a cyanide cake.
It was in a recent shareholder conference thing.
I do think you're throwing some of the baby out with the bathwater there. While the third edition era has its flaws, it does feel like an attempt to remain true to the spirit of the TSR-era material, at least early on.
By "modern", I meant "5e" (i.e., 2014 onwards). |
Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Earth names in the Realms are more common than you may think. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 24 Sep 2025 : 12:42:24
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
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Originally posted by Azar
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Originally posted by Scots Dragon
...their recent full-throated embrace of AI for creating material means that I'm probably not even gonna bother with the upcoming boxed set.
I already have zero interest in a new Forgotten Realms. There is enough TSR material to inspire the genesis of endless adventures; furthermore, modern D&D's increasingly kumbaya/sanitized nature is repugnant. However, I am curious as to where their stance on pattern-producing software was shared. If this is true, I consider it the nightshade berry atop a cyanide cake.
It was in a recent shareholder conference thing.
I do think you're throwing some of the baby out with the bathwater there. While the third edition era has its flaws, it does feel like an attempt to remain true to the spirit of the TSR-era material, at least early on.
Wait, they what??? They actually said in a shareholder meeting that they were using AI to create material? |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1463 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2025 : 14:42:57
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| There are suspicions that pattern-producing software has been employed (to some degree) in the creation of artwork for their latest edition of D&D. |
Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Earth names in the Realms are more common than you may think. |
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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
114 Posts |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1463 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2025 : 23:38:43
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| I feel sorry for anyone who pays for this sophisticated laziness. I know of at least one tabletop gaming community that was assaulted by "bots" sent to gather information; said information was no doubt gathered to be later filtered and subsequently "arranged" for future fantasy products. |
Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Earth names in the Realms are more common than you may think. |
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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
114 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2025 : 01:31:34
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Originally posted by Azar
By "modern", I meant "5e" (i.e., 2014 onwards).
That’s one entire fourth edition farther forward than I’ll ever bother going. I only even bothered with fifth edition early on in the hopes it would be a return to form and then it wasn’t so…
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Your ideal year to start a campaign as DM/player?
