281 actually (plus 3 that are scheduled but not yet released)There's something close to 320 Forgotten Realms novels
281 actually (plus 3 that are scheduled but not yet released)There's something close to 320 Forgotten Realms novels
Yup... Every setting has the problem to so e extent, the more popular the harder it is...but I feel the realms was that perfect storm of Mary sues and popular to hit that you either love it or hate it..I see where you're coming from with that but I wonder if that's just a natural outgrowth of any setting that becomes as popular as the Realms and has so many novels and supplement attached to it.
I know my own version of the Realms (in my mind) is vastly different than how Greenwood and most other people see it... I know that because when I try to read the novels, I start seeing things that are happening that would never happen in my own Realms setting. I guess that's why I could never get into the novels too much.
Ironically he once cited his daily schedule to Storm when she asked him why he can't do more to help out Shandril. As it turns out, his is actually teleporting all over the realms stopping minor plots, re-stocking dungeons, etc.Elminster is more powerful but as a chosen of Mystra is basically not interested in anything that doesn't involve damage to the magical weave or something that threatens Cormyr.
I see where you're coming from with that but I wonder if that's just a natural outgrowth of any setting that becomes as popular as the Realms and has so many novels and supplement attached to it.
I know my own version of the Realms (in my mind) is vastly different than how Greenwood and most other people see it... I know that because when I try to read the novels, I start seeing things that are happening that would never happen in my own Realms setting. I guess that's why I could never get into the novels too much.
Well, the Brownstone was not always in Gotham. From what i understand, in the 2000's it is also not in Gotham, but in a city north of Central Park.
As for the Birds of Prey, if the game is set in a continuity based on writings prior to anything written 1995 or later, the Birds of Prey would not exist (which would be the case if I were running a game in the DC comics universe as I would focus on DC during the mid to late 1970's or the first two years after the first Crisis and ignore everything thereafter as I have no interest).
Why? Superman and Spider-man crossed over back in the 1976 (Superman vs. The AmazingSpider-Man #1). Batman and the Hulk crossed over in 1981 (DC Special Series v1 #27). The Teen Titans and X-men crossed over back in the 1980's as well.
Yup... Every setting has the problem to so e extent, the more popular the harder it is...but I feel the realms was that perfect storm of Mary sues and popular to hit that you either love it or hate it..
For me, that's DragonLance.
For me, Dragonlance is tied to those characters so tightly that you can never escape them. Dragonlance is a setting for novels first and foremost, and I never felt you could shake off the metaplot. I never felt you could just play in DL the same way you can just play in Greyhawk, Eberron, or Forgotten Realms. It feels too small, too centrally focused on its own protagonists and antagonists. Its a story first, setting later.
2. This is more of a question, perhaps, to enlighten me- why do I hate FR so much? I love different campaign settings. Spelljammer and Planescape to connect them, home-brew, Greyhawk, Eberron, Krynn, Al-Qadim/Kara-Tur (yes, I know that they may be considered "part" of FR, but they are standalone), and so on. But ever since FR came out, I disliked everything about it. I hated Elminster. I hated the mythos and the world. I hated, hated, hated Drizzt.
I have to agree. DragonLance doesn't feel like an open world to me. Starting a campaign there would make me feel like I'm messing up or interfering with a preexisting story in some way. I'm sure not everyone feels that way but it's why I prefer other campaign settings.