The Sundering has launched...

[Morrus]

WotC has a cool promo video for the big The Sundering event they're doing with Forgotten Realms: You can find out more about The Sundering here -- "Now, the world is being shaken and reshaped once again—for the last time.... The Spellplague, the magical catastrophe that reshaped the world so dramatically, has come to an end. The Weave of magic is rewoven, and many lingering effects of twisted magic fade. The intermingling of worlds brought about by the Spellplague also comes to an end, as what belongs to Abeir returns to Abeir, leaving the Forgotton Realms looking much as it did before." The Sundering is a cross-medium event: novels, D&D Encounters, a party at Gen Con, all starting with D&D Encounters: Murder in Baldur's Gate from August 21. The novel Sundering Book I: The Companions, by RA Salvatore, releases today and features a drizzt; you can read a sample chapter here ("As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life -- the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin.")

[video=youtube;2W__zxJroio]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W__zxJroio[/video]
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[Tuft]

High-level cmd-Z?

 

[Kinak]

High-level cmd-Z?

Sounds like.

I hope for all the realms fans and writers out there that this goes better than the Spellplague.

Cheers!
Kinak

 

[JeffB]

Bhaal makes a comeback. Did I see myrkul as well in the stained glass?

Might as well.retcon back to the OGB.

FWIW, I liked the idea of the 4e reset after all the garbage of mid 2e throughout 3e, and I really loved the format of the 4e FRCS (though perhaps the order of the material as presented was suboptimal), but yeesh Cordell,.et al really blew it on the actual story elements of the spell plague.

I hope they truly do this one right,.and moreso keep their word on no more. I do not use a post OGB timeline, but I steal from all eras of FR product (as well as others like Mystara, Oerth, The Wilderlands, etc.)

 

[Manbearcat]

"Now, the world is being shaken and reshaped once again—for the last time.... The Spellplague, the magical catastrophe that reshaped the world so dramatically, has come to an end. The Weave of magic is rewoven, and many lingering effects of twisted magic fade. The intermingling of worlds brought about by the Spellplague also comes to an end, as what belongs to Abeir returns to Abeir, leaving the Forgotton Realms looking much as it did before."

Weak

 

[Derren]

Okay
1. The intro of the video looks a lot like the videos they use in League of Legends, just something I noticed.
2. So the Sundering seems to be one giant 4E "retcon", undoing everything which happened to the realms during the Spellplague.
3.They bring Bhaal back and feature Baldurs Gate prominently. Is WotC really that desperate that they have to ride this hard on the success of the video games?

 

[I'm A Banana]

The New Coke cycle is nearly complete.

This sounds like a combo of, "We're sorry for the 4e Forgotten Realms, guys!" combined with "Lets blow it up again!" and strange shades of Noah's Rainbow ("for the last time").

 

[jodyjohnson]

Module 1: Baldur's Gate
Module 2: Icewind Dale
Module 3 and following?

Neverwinter, Waterdeep, Cormanthyr and the Dalelands?

Definately getting a ride the video games vibe.

 

[billd91]

The New Coke cycle is nearly complete.

Forgotten Realms Classic, perhaps?

 

[Morrus]

Is WotC really that desperate that they have to ride this hard on the success of the video games?

I don't think using your own IP is something to mock as "desperate".

I think it's better described as "basic common sense", and is what every successful company on the planet from Coca Cola to Apple does.