I understand where Chaot is coming from. Sure you can write a setting yourself, but that also takes quite a bit of grey matter storage and time. The advantage of a published setting which is internally consistent is that the GM can have some clue if players say "What's over there?" while pointing to some obscure bit of the map.
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I understand where Chaot is coming from. Sure you can write a setting yourself, but that also takes quite a bit of grey matter storage and time. The advantage of a published setting which is internally consistent is that the GM can have some clue if players say "What's over there?" while pointing to some obscure bit of the map.