D&D Custom Worlds.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 8:16 pm
There's plenty of pre-existing D&D worlds, such as Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, Dark Sun; even some stranger ones such as Spelljammer.
However, my question is custom worlds. How many of you play in them? How many of you are DMs that create them?
As players, what do you look for in a custom world? Do you prefer a site that has information about the world? If so, what type of information do you want to see about a custom world that makes you feel like you know enough about it?
Reason I ask - I love to play D&D - but more so, I enjoy DMing. I love building a world, forging history, creating gods, and all of that for my players to be a part of. Quite a few of my players in my most recent game, this is their first exposure to D&D. (We've been playing together now for about three years). But my game was their first exposure to D&D for three of the players. Two of them had played very casual, laid back, D&D games with me. And my wife has gamed with me in D&D for like 15 years now, off and on.
I created a site for my world, and listed out the gods, the history, some of the known lore. I even listed all the monsters from the Monster Manual with a picture from the 5e MM books, so that they could get a visual. (99% of the descriptions don't contain vital information; only the monster's general history and where they come from, where they lair, etc - information a character might know). This provides a visual for a character who may not know what a goblin or troll or oughyt looks like.
I was just curious what players look for - and what other DMs do - for those players - when playing in a custom world.
I remember when I was younger, there was no need for history, and all of that - you just rolled up a character and hoped to survive.
However, my question is custom worlds. How many of you play in them? How many of you are DMs that create them?
As players, what do you look for in a custom world? Do you prefer a site that has information about the world? If so, what type of information do you want to see about a custom world that makes you feel like you know enough about it?
Reason I ask - I love to play D&D - but more so, I enjoy DMing. I love building a world, forging history, creating gods, and all of that for my players to be a part of. Quite a few of my players in my most recent game, this is their first exposure to D&D. (We've been playing together now for about three years). But my game was their first exposure to D&D for three of the players. Two of them had played very casual, laid back, D&D games with me. And my wife has gamed with me in D&D for like 15 years now, off and on.
I created a site for my world, and listed out the gods, the history, some of the known lore. I even listed all the monsters from the Monster Manual with a picture from the 5e MM books, so that they could get a visual. (99% of the descriptions don't contain vital information; only the monster's general history and where they come from, where they lair, etc - information a character might know). This provides a visual for a character who may not know what a goblin or troll or oughyt looks like.
I was just curious what players look for - and what other DMs do - for those players - when playing in a custom world.
I remember when I was younger, there was no need for history, and all of that - you just rolled up a character and hoped to survive.
