Quote Originally Posted by Smårock View Post
What's your favourite fantasy setting, everyone? Keep in mind I'm not talking about fantasy stories, just the background universes. For me it's probably Westeros or Faerun, though I have some gripes with both of them.
I often do encounter fantasy stories that take place in a shoddy universe, and that just puts me off. Then there's shoddy stories in a really good universe, which is rare but it happens.
I love more popular settings like Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40k, but my personal favorites are The Elder Scrolls, Berserk, and Robert E. Howards Hyborean Age. Although it may not be considered as greatly written, but where the Elder Scrolls gets really insane and far from conventional fantasy is the best, for example Michael Kirkbride's work in Morrowind. Berserk and Dark Souls are tragic and dark but the way they draw from medieval Europe is really awesome. Id say Robert E Howards work has had the greatest influence on me and the writing I've done for my dnd setting. I grew up on all the 80s classic fantasy and books so I'm in love with that whole aesthetic.