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<blockquote data-quote="Shasarak" data-source="post: 7494437" data-attributes="member: 94143"><p>I dont understand why an ever progressing "meta plot" is supposed to work in movies and not in an RPG. Take your Star Wars example, I am sure that in pure numbers there are many more people agonising and fighting over the various movies then will ever hear about Forgotten Realms. If anything the latest Star Wars movies prove that even millions of dollars can not guarantee you make a decent story.</p><p></p><p>And since Star Wars has a meta plot, does that mean that we can never run a RPG in the Star Wars Universe? Of course not, it allows us to choose which part of the time line we like best to run a game in.</p><p></p><p>Realistically not every company is able to pull off an over arching meta plot successfully. Companies like Paizo and TSR can do it, maybe the old FASA and White Wolf as well. I was listening to James Lowder (of TSR) talking about their learning curve during the Time of Troubles switch up in the Realms. And that was when Ed Greenwood had to send a physical manuscript from Canada to TSR.</p><p></p><p>Personally I have no problem with people talking (or arguing even!) about which version or time of the Forgotten Realms they like best. I played in several successful games based in Krynn without any worries at all what the official Dragonlance timeline said was supposed to happen.</p><p></p><p>And as for stupid games well I played a Warforged PC in a Greyhawk game so I guess that would rank pretty high on some Greyhawk fans stupidity meter and on the otherhand worked well for us. From my perspective the version of Greyhawk my DM was using was not affected at all by the existence of From the Ashes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shasarak, post: 7494437, member: 94143"] I dont understand why an ever progressing "meta plot" is supposed to work in movies and not in an RPG. Take your Star Wars example, I am sure that in pure numbers there are many more people agonising and fighting over the various movies then will ever hear about Forgotten Realms. If anything the latest Star Wars movies prove that even millions of dollars can not guarantee you make a decent story. And since Star Wars has a meta plot, does that mean that we can never run a RPG in the Star Wars Universe? Of course not, it allows us to choose which part of the time line we like best to run a game in. Realistically not every company is able to pull off an over arching meta plot successfully. Companies like Paizo and TSR can do it, maybe the old FASA and White Wolf as well. I was listening to James Lowder (of TSR) talking about their learning curve during the Time of Troubles switch up in the Realms. And that was when Ed Greenwood had to send a physical manuscript from Canada to TSR. Personally I have no problem with people talking (or arguing even!) about which version or time of the Forgotten Realms they like best. I played in several successful games based in Krynn without any worries at all what the official Dragonlance timeline said was supposed to happen. And as for stupid games well I played a Warforged PC in a Greyhawk game so I guess that would rank pretty high on some Greyhawk fans stupidity meter and on the otherhand worked well for us. From my perspective the version of Greyhawk my DM was using was not affected at all by the existence of From the Ashes. [/QUOTE]
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