The Sundering has launched...

[YRUSirius]

Yeah, I like reboots, even if they are soft reboots. It's just a fantasy world afterall.

-YRUSirius

 

[Morrus]

As I said, by now it feels as if WotC are rummaging through their closet to find something still popular with D&D. If the events of the games were a lot more referenced in the setting than what I have seen it wouldn't feel that way to me.

Yes, but you still haven't explained why that's a bad thing. Other than you feel it is like "rummaging through a closet" (which is what closets are for, no?)

 

[Blackwarder]

The thing that really piss me off is the requirement to use Facebook, frack Facebook I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole.

I'm reading The Companions (loving it so far btw) and I ordered the Murder in Bulder's Gate adventure but I'm really disappointed with this stupid Facebook logging.

Warder

 

[Derren]

Yes, but you still haven't explained why that's a bad thing.

I think I have a few times by now. But in the end you can't really explain feelings.
I just don't see referencing 15 year old video games and having a giant retcon as a good sign for the Sundering.
Either WotC is desperate for customers so they pull every trick in the book, doesn't believe the FR is a strong brand any more and thus need to reference external, so far ignored, products (+ the retcon) or simply has no ideas of their own (at least ideas they are convinced off to not be bad).
There is a reason for using Baldurs Gate references now and not before, reasons that go beyond "Hey, you know what would be nice acknowledge in the setting? Those video games everyone liked".

 

[YRUSirius]

But you know why they might be so desperate about their flagship setting?

-YRUSirius

 

[Morrus]

There is a reason for using Baldurs Gate references now

You keep saying that as though it has a moral value attached. Yes, of course there are reasons. I'd be appalled to find they were doing things without reason. Are reasons a bad thing, now?

doesn't believe the FR is a strong brand any more

But it's not that. Who knows what their reasons are? I don't. You definitely don't, either. But that ain't it. I don't know why we have to invent shady, nefarious reasons for perfectly sensible strategies.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Having watched the vid the big shock for me is that it is pronounced FAE-RUNE not FAE-RUN!

 

[Morrus]

Having watched the vid the big shock for me is that it is pronounced FAE-RUNE not FAE-RUN!

You clearly haven't yet acquainted yourself with the D&D Pronunciation Guide!

 

[mach1.9pants]

Nope I haven't, don't intend to either! I've been pronouncing it as FAE-RUN (as it is spelt FAE-RUNE should be faeruun, faerune or maybe faeruhn) for over 25 years, too old to change now!

 

[JeffB]

Having watched the vid the big shock for me is that it is pronounced FAE-RUNE not FAE-RUN!

Original pronunciation is actually Fay-er-roon. The ER runs into ROON pretty quick so they just started sayng Fay Roon in materials after the OGB..