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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 7546728" data-attributes="member: 12388"><p>It means "Hammer" to me. </p><p></p><p>For about 32 years now. </p><p></p><p>********</p><p></p><p>With any change to a campaign setting or rules system, you can look at different levels of interaction with the change to see what effect it might have. </p><p></p><p>At the campaign level, if all the players and DM are new to the Realms and using Guild material, probably nothing. This change is for a Realms style guide, after all. </p><p></p><p>For older players, the change can be ignored (and should be).</p><p></p><p>At the level of someone writing for the Realms on the DMs Guild, it might not be much of an issue if they aren't looking to get published. The <em>Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</em> (SCAG) has the months correct, so that's what folks will probably use for their Guild writing. </p><p></p><p>I have two products on the DMs Guild that are calendar related. No way I'm going to change them. </p><p></p><p>If someone wants to get noticed by WotC, well they don't have a choice. Ignore the Calendar of Harptos printed in the SCAG, and be sure to double check <em>everything</em> with a date on it published prior to the SCAG (including all 159 pages of <em>The Grand History of the Realms</em> and nearly every Realms novel) that they might use as a reference or for inspiration.</p><p></p><p>Why double check? Because if you want to include the date for, say, the return of Thultanthar to the Realms (i.e., the City of Shade) in something you're writing for the Guild, well, that event occurred on Hammer 1, 1372 DR (Year of Wild Magic). </p><p></p><p>You'll have to revise your entry in your work to 1371 DR. </p><p></p><p><sarcasm> I'm sure that won't be confusing to anyone </sarcasm></p><p></p><p>[EDIT] On second look, that may not be true. The style guide says Hammer = December, but the new year starts Hammer 1. So we're supposed to think of the months as different, but the years for events are technically the same. Ugh...too confusing!</p><p></p><p>And then there's concern for management of the IP. It begs the question: what problem does this change solve? How does it help? </p><p></p><p>To me, trying to parse this change is like trying to parse WotC's decisions for the Realms during the 4E era: the change made someone inside WotC happy, but all it does is cause the setting problems. </p><p></p><p>I think George Krashos says it best:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy E Grenemyer, post: 7546728, member: 12388"] It means "Hammer" to me. For about 32 years now. ******** With any change to a campaign setting or rules system, you can look at different levels of interaction with the change to see what effect it might have. At the campaign level, if all the players and DM are new to the Realms and using Guild material, probably nothing. This change is for a Realms style guide, after all. For older players, the change can be ignored (and should be). At the level of someone writing for the Realms on the DMs Guild, it might not be much of an issue if they aren't looking to get published. The [i]Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide[/i] (SCAG) has the months correct, so that's what folks will probably use for their Guild writing. I have two products on the DMs Guild that are calendar related. No way I'm going to change them. If someone wants to get noticed by WotC, well they don't have a choice. Ignore the Calendar of Harptos printed in the SCAG, and be sure to double check [i]everything[/i] with a date on it published prior to the SCAG (including all 159 pages of [i]The Grand History of the Realms[/i] and nearly every Realms novel) that they might use as a reference or for inspiration. Why double check? Because if you want to include the date for, say, the return of Thultanthar to the Realms (i.e., the City of Shade) in something you're writing for the Guild, well, that event occurred on Hammer 1, 1372 DR (Year of Wild Magic). You'll have to revise your entry in your work to 1371 DR. <sarcasm> I'm sure that won't be confusing to anyone </sarcasm> [EDIT] On second look, that may not be true. The style guide says Hammer = December, but the new year starts Hammer 1. So we're supposed to think of the months as different, but the years for events are technically the same. Ugh...too confusing! And then there's concern for management of the IP. It begs the question: what problem does this change solve? How does it help? To me, trying to parse this change is like trying to parse WotC's decisions for the Realms during the 4E era: the change made someone inside WotC happy, but all it does is cause the setting problems. I think George Krashos says it best: [/QUOTE]
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