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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6762095" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>My players absolutely disagree. They like the SCAG just fine, and find it very helpful. They find that its focus on the area with which most of their adventures are taking place to be nice. They like the organization of it and the layout.</p><p></p><p>My 3E FRCS sits right on the table next to it, and they generally reference the SCAG over it. We've only had 2 sessions since I got it, but that's how it's been so far.</p><p></p><p>So when you say that it has no use, what you mean is that you have no use for it. That's fine. But your blanket statement that it has no use is clearly wrong. </p><p></p><p>The FRCS is a great book if you want to run games in the Realms. But to just play? You simply do not need that amount of information. You need the basics. You need some in world perspective. You need a summary. The SCAG has all that. </p><p></p><p>I'd also point out that every game is a home brew. There are no two games taking place in an identical world at this point. My game is mine and yours is yours and the one down at the local FGS is theirs. The "6 different people having 6 different games" argument applies just as much to the FRCS.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From what I've seen, the fans have a pretty varied view and do not present the unified front that you seem to believe. You and I both seem to be fans...yet our stances are different.</p><p></p><p>They cannot please everyone. So instead, they decided to try and please the largest number of folks. You can argue that was a bad idea or that they're failing at it, and that's fine. But claiming they decided what to do despite the fans is incorrect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 6762095, member: 6785785"] My players absolutely disagree. They like the SCAG just fine, and find it very helpful. They find that its focus on the area with which most of their adventures are taking place to be nice. They like the organization of it and the layout. My 3E FRCS sits right on the table next to it, and they generally reference the SCAG over it. We've only had 2 sessions since I got it, but that's how it's been so far. So when you say that it has no use, what you mean is that you have no use for it. That's fine. But your blanket statement that it has no use is clearly wrong. The FRCS is a great book if you want to run games in the Realms. But to just play? You simply do not need that amount of information. You need the basics. You need some in world perspective. You need a summary. The SCAG has all that. I'd also point out that every game is a home brew. There are no two games taking place in an identical world at this point. My game is mine and yours is yours and the one down at the local FGS is theirs. The "6 different people having 6 different games" argument applies just as much to the FRCS. From what I've seen, the fans have a pretty varied view and do not present the unified front that you seem to believe. You and I both seem to be fans...yet our stances are different. They cannot please everyone. So instead, they decided to try and please the largest number of folks. You can argue that was a bad idea or that they're failing at it, and that's fine. But claiming they decided what to do despite the fans is incorrect. [/QUOTE]
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