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Old 10-11-2019, 07:23 PM   #9
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
Default Re: adopting settings from books/movies etc

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Originally Posted by Varyon View Post
My inclinations would be to tell players what setting I'm stealing, when/where relative to the stories the campaign is set, and what I've changed about the canon, so they aren't surprised when the setting contradicts some of their expectations.
Yes, I think that's all sound. When I ran a campaign set in Middle-Earth, I warned the players in advance that this would be an alternate Middle-Earth where Sauron won the War of the Ring, and the PCs would be in the resistance.
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