D&D 5E (2014) Why Forgotten Realms is Loved

[gyor]

Since Greyhawk gets its own love letter, I thought the Forgotten Realms deserved one as well, especially after it got bashed in that other thread that shall go unnamed.

 

[gyor]

I love that the Forgotten Realms is a living setting that evolves over time, it's not static and frozen in time unlike all over D&D, settings except maybe for Dragonlance.

I also love the history of the Realms.

I love the weird Pantheons of the Realms.

 

[amerigoV]

I do not use the Realms often these days, but what I do like about it is if I have an idea it will fit in the Realms. Classic western European Fantasy, Arabian Nights, Asian, Egyptian, Lost World where Undead T-Rexs Vomit Zombies - it has it all!

 

[KahlessNestor]

I like a worldwith good lore that I can get lost in. It's how I got into WoW. I am kind of a wiki addict and if I go looking for something I might lose an our just following links and learning more. I enjoy a recognizable cast nof NPCs that I might be able to bump into. I like that meta-feeling of, "Oh! I know that person!" And kind of the ability to show of that knowledge.

As a player I also think my character should know more about the world he was born into and lived his life in than I often get from a homebrew setting. Not saying my farm boy has traveled extensively, but shouldn't he know what the nearest big city is, and maybe a little about it, even if he's never been there?

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[gyor]

I like a worldwith good lore that I can get lost in. It's how I got into WoW. I am kind of a wiki addict and if I go looking for something I might lose an our just following links and learning more. I enjoy a recognizable cast nof NPCs that I might be able to bump into. I like that meta-feeling of, "Oh! I know that person!" And kind of the ability to show of that knowledge.

As a player I also think my character should know more about the world he was born into and lived his life in than I often get from a homebrew setting. Not saying my farm boy has traveled extensively, but shouldn't he know what the nearest big city is, and maybe a little about it, even if he's never been there?

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Sounds like you really love the Immersion factor.

 

[ccs]

It has ever nicer maps.

Like amerigoV said, whatever I want to run will fit in it somewhere. So I just pull out one of my ever nicer maps & pick a spot....

And it has a much detail as I care to implement. Most of the FR material on my shelf stops at about 1992. So sometimes I'll just make up the details as I need, other times I'll read a Wikki & pick/choose details.

 

[CapnZapp]

Extremely good wiki and general internet support. While I have the excellent 3E FRCS book, I rarely need to use it. It's just all there in your browser.

The answer to any question is rarely more than a googling away, no matter how obscure. This makes DM prepping fun, since you never know what you might find.

Very good map support - you will find a map for most locales; some of them are even made by Schley .

The only D&D campaign world that WotC actively still builds upon.

The perfect match for the rules as written. Most other settings have areas where 5th edition support just isn't up to scratch. No issues like "you can't play X, they don't exist in my world": if it's in an official 5E product, it's in the Realms.

Nostalgia and recognition value for my players, some of whom has travelled Faerun since AD&D and read all the novels.

 

[CapnZapp]

Since Greyhawk gets its own love letter, I thought the Forgotten Realms deserved one as well, especially after it got bashed in that other thread that shall go unnamed.

If you want, you could edit the thread title to include a [+] to signal "positive stuff in the spirit of the thread title"

 

[Zardnaar]

I like the lore/ history cartography and pantheon

 

[gyor]

If you want, you could edit the thread title to include a [+] to signal "positive stuff in the spirit of the thread title"

I'll make a Note of that for the future, but I don't think its needed here, but thank you.