Golarion

For many, many years I was a devoted Forgotten Realms guy. It wasn't the stories that came from the novels, it wasn't the writing of Ed Greenwood (who is a scary fantasy geek by the way), and it wasn't the computer games.

What I saw in the Forgotten Realms was a complete world opening up to me as a DM like no other world has ever been. It was a veritable playground of adventure and I loved just thinking about the possibilities the Realms promised.

Well, that all has changed. I still like the Forgotten Realms, but with 4th Edition, it's changed. It's not the same anymore, much like many things in D&D. So I guess you could say I've left the Realms.

I found Paizo picking up the mantle where Wizards of the Coast has dropped it. Golarion is everything I first saw in the Realms. There are some things I would have done differently, but on the whole, it is an amazing world filled with all the wonder I've longed for in a campaign setting.

We're playing our first session tonight of a Pathfinder Beta Rise of the Runelords campaign. It's gonna be great.