D&D 5E Ed Greenwood to write 5E's Forgotten Realms

Teataine · Jun 7, 2012

I thought this was pretty clear from the start. Around the time they announced 5e they also announced "Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms" and at one of the first pannels (DnDXP was it?) Mearls said: "The Realms will be supported from the start [by the new edition]."

Fenes · Jun 7, 2012

Drowbane said:
The Time of Troubles occurs between 1e and 2e actually.

"A point prior to the end of 3E" includes 1E and 2E by definition.

Steely_Dan · Jun 7, 2012

Incenjucar said:
Why not back to before that Time of Troubles nonsense?

Total, and Dragonlance before the War of the Lance, Dark Sun before the Prism Pentad, Ravenloft before the Grand Conjunction, and Planescape before the Faction War, thank you.

Drowbane · Jun 7, 2012

Fenes said:
"A point prior to the end of 3E" includes 1E and 2E by definition.

If you meant "Take it back to 1e greybox" that is perhaps what you should have said. For clarity.

I for one wouldn't mind an FR reboot like that. Though I don't need WotC to make it official for me to run in early FR, I have my old boxset still.

Fenes · Jun 7, 2012

No, I meant I am fine with any point up from 1E to the end of 3E for a relaunch. Even the ToT, for all the hamfisted "new rules, new world" changes it brought, was not as bad as the 4E debacle.

jadrax · Jun 7, 2012

Fenes said:
No, I meant I am fine with any point up from 1E to the end of 3E for a relaunch. Even the ToT, for all the hamfisted "new rules, new world" changes it brought, was not as bad as the 4E debacle.

GAH! If you did not live in a large mountainous country that is to all intents and purposes uninvadable, you would pay for those words sir, pay!

(I do not know if I have mentioned it, but I did not really like Time of Troubles)

IronWolf · Jun 7, 2012

Should be fun to see what comes out of this! It will be good to see Ed back to having a hand in the Realms.

Steely_Dan · Jun 7, 2012

jadrax said:
(I do not know if I have mentioned it, but I did not really like Time of Troubles)

Me neither, most vanilla set of protagonists I've ever read; and, Monks!

Walking Dad · Jun 7, 2012

I don't dislike all 4e changes to the Realms. They tried to shake them up and succeeded with it. Also I think the Neverwinter Trilogy (fiction) is selling well, so I doubt they will retcon it to never happened.