Ancalagon
Dusty Dragon
So erm... what happened during 4e? Is there a short synopsis somewhere?
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Except, most of the NPCs are long dead, and a lot of the political history of various places have changed.
Jokes aside...I hate, hate that they advanced the timeline 100 years and made so many changes to the Forgotten Realms. That's why I just stick with the 1369 or 1372 time of the Realms. There's also tons of information on the realms from back then, and I don't think WOTC are interested in producing that kind of complete information on the realms again anytime soon.
The free article linked to at the start of this thread (in the OP) includes a brief timeline to Cormyr over the century gap.So erm... what happened during 4e? Is there a short synopsis somewhere?
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You mean... the ones that didn't just survived, reincarnated or basically came back from wherever they were hiding?
Well, the elf NPCs and other long-lived races are still around. But yeah, a lot of classic human and other NPCs from across Faerun are gone. And I liked Mirt the Moneylender, Khelben Blackstaff, and others.
I don't think that just because books are written that alter the campaign universe, that that means the campaign universe in which table-top role-players play in has to be changed to match the books. I see no problem with having the books branch off an alternate reality of the Forgotten Realms, but the playable campaign setting always starts in a certain year with a certain history, so that your own campaign universe can branch off in whatever direction you and your players determine.
When they force the campaign setting to drastically change along with the books, they run into the problem we have now.
So erm... what happened during 4e? Is there a short synopsis somewhere?
IMO, the 4e Realms is vastly better setting
So it sounds like if someone has a good collection of 2e and 3e stuff, it's a good alternative to 5e since it reverted a lot of changes...
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