Comments on: Dungeons and Dragons 4E Cosmology and Core World

By: Tommi

Tommi — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:35:42 +0000

Graham,
That’s good to hear. The cosmology, from what I have heard, sounds pretty nice, too, and hopefully they are not spoiling it with too much annoying minutia.

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By: g

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:58:30 +0000

I think that Ed Greenwood said it best in his interview with The Tome. I highly recommend googling it and giving it a listen.

These things are there so that the GM can concentrate on the story and creating all this stuff from scratch. Use it if you feel the need or make your own version (of the reams in this instance) if you want to. This is your world, do what you want.

With the plethora of information from D&D, AD&D, 3.0 and 3.5 I see no shortage of dungeons or cityscape maps and layouts for those that need them.

Some of the best adventures I’ve had were in generic dungeon A that was created in the shape of whatever our artistic GM could think of that looked cool on the old grid paper. The real key to any successful campaign is harmony between the GM and players and alot of imagination.

Don’t get caught up in the commercial side of the hobby unless you want to.

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:12:19 +0000

Tommi -

You’re in luck, then, since all that 4e actually gives is a cosmology, and an implied setting. There is a town fully detailed in the DMG (for new groups, or old ones, to utilise as they see fit), but very little beyond that.

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By: Tommi

Tommi — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:40:44 +0000

Back when I started gaming we had no setting and it didn’t stop us. First there was a cavern and people looting it. Then there was a village and orcs and golems attacking it. So on. There was no elaborate setting required.

Nowadays, I still prefer playing in place with no definitive, detail-oriented setting, but a setting created in play to conform to a few themes and guidelines.

I think D&D has such a strong implied setting that a definitive one is not needed. It may be useful to many gamers, I wouldn’t know.

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By: The DM

The DM — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:16:33 +0000

@Bart – Thanks for the comment!

I’m very interested in seeing MotP. My relationship with the planes has been spotty. For the first 15 years of DMing, I never used them. Randy (he posts here sometimes) turned me on to Planescape, and I love the setting. However, I’m not tied to it, and I think I’m just as fond of “planar” as I am of “Planescape.”

By: Bartoneus

Bartoneus — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:41:50 +0000

I’m definitely psyched about this particular change to the core book content, and I think it’s a very good move too. It isn’t something that is forced on the player or necessary to play D&D, but it provides such an invaluable resource to new players and DM’s alike, and I think it will enrich the whole experience for new players and help the community to keep growing.

I’m still wondering what’s going to be in the Manual of Planes though, and how much they’re keeping / getting rid of from the old cosmology.

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