Giantitps favourite dnd setting

[Wizard_Lizard]

Here is a poll to find out what the favourite setting to play/dm is for the forums!
I’m gonna go ahead and put my vote in for Eberron.
Also yes homebrew is a valid option.
here are the votes so far.
homebrew - 12
Eberron - 9
Spelljammer - 6
Planescape - 5
Mystara - 4
Forgotten Realms - 4
Nentir Vale - 3
Dragonlance - 2
Greyhawk - 2
Dark Sun - 1
Golarion - 1
Shanarra - 1
Birthright - 1

[Calthropstu]

Ummm.

I will assume "Mine" doesn't cut it.

So guess I'll go with forgotten realms.

[factotum]

Planescape for me. I would have said Spelljammer, but that's more of additional rules added on top of existing settings rather than its own thing.

[Khedrac]

It's not going to win (it might over at The Piazza) but mine is Mystara/The Known World.
(Hands up all those who don't remember hearing of it.)

[Anonymouswizard]

It's not going to win (it might over at The Piazza) but mine is Mystara/The Known World.
(Hands up all those who don't remember hearing of it.)

I'll admit, I knew that the Hollow World was a setting before I knew the Known World was (because I assumed that the Hollow World book was meant to add onto a homebrew setting instead of being meant as a Mystara thing, I was like ten when I discovered it). There are some bits in there I thought should just be assumed possible in Mystara though, such as Warrior-Elves.

Anyway, I'm going to put my favourite down as Planescape, although it's a tough call between that, Dark Sun, and Eberron. To me those three are the most unique worlds which still work with D&D, although I do think Dark Sun tends to work better when pointed to Spell Point based systems.

[Tvtyrant]

Spelljammer, then Dark Sun.

[DataNinja]

For all people may complain about it, and for how unorthodox it is... the Nentir Vale/Points of Light setting is my favorite. There's just so much potential there, and so many hooks to explore.

[Palanan]

Originally Posted by Calthropstu
I will assume "Mine" doesn't cut it.

I think homebrew settings should be a valid category, since right now that's my favorite as well.

Originally Posted by DataNinja
For all people may complain about it, and for how unorthodox it is... the Nentir Vale/Points of Light setting is my favorite.

Is this 4E, or 5E, or both? Not clear from a quick google search.

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[Anonymouswizard]

For all people may complain about it, and for how unorthodox it is... the Nentir Vale/Points of Light setting is my favorite. There's just so much potential there, and so many hooks to explore.

I'll give it this, out of the four 'default' settings it's the best (Mystara is a close second, but is a bit too 'big'). It's not my favourite, but I'd had preferred 5e if it had used it instead of the Remembered Realms as it's core setting. At least we wouldn't have the word Moon all over the place.

[DataNinja]

Is this 4E, or 5E, or both? Not clear from a quick google search.

This is the 4e setting - the World Axis cosmology, as opposed to the Great Wheel. I just prefer that sort of thing, and then the inbuilt setting lore for it, with the recently fallen empire of Nerath, and the further-past clashing empires of the Dragonborn and Tieflings… I really enjoyed how all the lore was put together.

5e unfortunately stripped away most of what I loved from the setting in exchange for genericizing it. Which, ironically, was one of the complaints some had for the setting itself. That it was too generic. I felt it had enough character, though, and room for adventures without feeling like there were powerful mages to solve problems around every corner.

[JadedDM]

Dragonlance gets my vote.

[137beth]

Eberron for me.

[2D8HP]

The Tower of Zenopus by way of Greyhawk

5e's Saltmarsh at least has it on a map.

[el minster]

mashup of everything thrown into tippyverse if that's how you spell it

[Tarmor]

Greyhawk - which isn't on your list and should be, along with Forgotten Realms. I've never heard of some of your options. (How is "Tower of Zenopus" a setting? It's a module/adventure from what I can see.)
My second choice would be Dragonlance.

[Kaptin Keen]

I think mine would have to be Dark Sun. Or Planescape. Might be a bit of a tie, but since I have only one vote, let's go with Dark Sun.

[Zhorn]

If I'm DMing; Forgotten Realms. Lots of recent content, easy to access wikis, and I know most players I pick up will have a passing familiarity with something in the setting to build a backstory off.

As a player: preference for the DM's homebrew. Too much of a gamble at times with official settings to have a DM care at all about established lore and continuity.

[Silly Name]

Dragonlance for the memories and nostalgia, and because I was lucky enough to play with people who made Kender into actually likeable characters!

Spelljammer because it's simply awesome. When I try to design a setting I always think back on Spelljammer and how good it was at drawing you in right from the start, the absurd amount of hooks and ideas, the detail and the freedom it offered.

And I also love making my own homebrew settings and letting players loose in them, so I guess that counts too.

[Imbalance]

Forgotten Realms for me - haven't been at this long enough to scratch the surface, let alone get bored.

[Satinavian]

Eberron for me

[Quertus]

Homebrew, all the way.

Here's the thing: nobody ever actually adventures in Dark Sun or the Forgotten Realms - they adventure in Forgotten Realms ripoff #42,317. But, when you're playing in a homebrew, you're (usually) actually in that world.

Additionally, you can actually Explore a homebrew in a way that you really can't a published setting, because the GM actually knows the world, knows its secret underpinnings.

Outside that? Spelljammer (and anything else that acknowledges the canonicity of the connection between worlds).

(Also, is Dark Sun missing from the list?)

[Yora]

Favorite would be Planescape, though it's not the best made one.

[NorthernPhoenix]

I prefer Forgotten Realms, and i (shock!) consider Planescape and Spelljammer to be effectively part of it rather than their own settings entirely.

[Jarawara]

I'm an old fan of Greyhawk, though oddly I have never actually played in a campaign of it. I just like hearing the old stories from the early days of it.

However, officially put me down for "Homebrew" as my favorite. I've been running my own campaign for 30 years. All my efforts and interest goes to that.

[Mastikator]

Put me down for Eberron

[NRSASD]

Homebrew all the way

[Mr.Sandman]

Eberron, then a toss up between Golarion and DragonStar (setting only, Dragonstar's mechanics are... Complicated)

[Faily]

Eberron, then a toss up between Golarion and DragonStar (setting only, Dragonstar's mechanics are... Complicated)

Oh hey, someone else that has played Dragonstar. :D Love that setting.


My vote goes to Mystara, but I have a great love for Eberron and Ravenloft. And Planescape.

[QuickLyRaiNbow]

Is Planejammer a vote for Planescape, Spelljammer or homebrew?

[Dienekes]

Homebrew. And it’s not close.