D&D 5E Ellywick Tumblestrum's Ballads of the Forgotten Realms (hypothetical FR Setting Book)

[Henadic Theologian]

I admit my typing wasnt the best. The Flobee was this piece of naughty word vaccuum cleaner hair cutter you could buy off TV for $19.99 in the early 90s. So therefore I said...High and Tight, as in the haircut.

The rest was from an American sports caster on terestrial radio. Jim Rome. Either love him or hate him. He's the Howard Stern of sports. Anyhow, he calls his producing crew behind him, the XR4TI. Think it came from a razor commercial way back in the 90s, without the knicks and cuts of a blade. Damn...Im feeling all tall.

Okay, I'm not a sports guy, although I did love the 2 world series where the Toronto Blue Jay's won. How does any of that relate to a Forgotten Realms Campaign Book?

 

[R_J_K75]

Okay, I'm not a sports guy, although I did love the 2 world series where the Toronto Blue Jay's won. How does any of that relate to a Forgotten Realms Campaign Book?

Honestly it doesnt, I was drunk but people were talking a truncated FR book so I said hit the setting and any forthcoming book with the Flobee. The creepy vaccuum cleaner hair cutter. So tune up FR with a nice high and tight haircut, and leave out all the naughty word. Does anyone really care that in 673DR the Pasha of Calimport lost all his money in a Cockatrice fight? I dont. My point, leave all that out of a new hardcover.

 

[R_J_K75]

Okay, I'm not a sports guy, although I did love the 2 world series where the Toronto Blue Jay's won. How does any of that relate to a Forgotten Realms Campaign Book?

The Blue Jays are playing in Buffalo. First time since the 19'10s theres been been a major league game played here. Tickets are expensive. And to boot we had the Blue Angels fly over the city Thurs and Fri. Air show in Niagara Falls today & tomorrow.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

The Blue Jays are playing in Buffalo. First time since the 19'10s theres been been a major league game played here. Tickets are expensive. And to boot we had the Blue Angels fly over the city Thurs and Fri. Air show in Niagara Falls today & tomorrow.

I wonder if this will boost Blue Jay fan numbers in Buffalo?

PS I just saw an actual Blue Jay the bird on my nature hike to celebrate the last day of Spring a wonderful season.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I misspelled it, but no I didn't make it up Durpar

No offense, but that doesn't sound like a nation worth creating (for 3E?) or detailing for 5E. Fold that into another nation at most.

The notion that every concept that's ever flown out of Greenwood's fingertips needs to be memorialized and carried forward into every edition of the game isn't a great one. At some point, the setting gets painted into a corner, which I suspect is partly why WotC had the weird 4E panic attack about the setting that it did.

Better to either detail the areas that have the most value in them or push out beyond the horizon to new areas that have never been created.

 

[Parmandur]

No offense, but that doesn't sound like a nation worth creating (for 3E?) or detailing for 5E. Fold that into another nation at most.

The notion that every concept that's ever flown out of Greenwood's fingertips needs to be memorialized and carried forward into every edition of the game isn't a great one. At some point, the setting gets painted into a corner, which I suspect is partly why WotC had the weird 4E panic attack about the setting that it did.

Better to either detail the areas that have the most value in them or push out beyond the horizon to new areas that have never been created.

Yeah, I think a more zoomed in book would be likely: the Sword Coast alone IA agreeably the size of Europe, so a book zeroed in on the Sea of Fallen Stars would hit most of the decently well known parts of the Forgotten Realms (Dalelands, Thay, etc.).

 

[Henadic Theologian]

No offense, but that doesn't sound like a nation worth creating (for 3E?) or detailing for 5E. Fold that into another nation at most.

The notion that every concept that's ever flown out of Greenwood's fingertips needs to be memorialized and carried forward into every edition of the game isn't a great one. At some point, the setting gets painted into a corner, which I suspect is partly why WotC had the weird 4E panic attack about the setting that it did.

Better to either detail the areas that have the most value in them or push out beyond the horizon to new areas that have never been created.

It's the one FR human nation that still exists based on East Indian culture, it's an extremely interesting place, what nation do you fold it into the Beastlands ruled by a Rakshasa?

 

[Imaculata]

More Ellywick Tumblestrum content? That sounds fantastic!

-maniacal evil laughter-

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's the one FR human nation that still exists based on East Indian culture, it's an extremely interesting place, what nation do you fold it into the Beastlands ruled by a Rakshasa?

First, why does the wiki not mention anything about East Indian culture?

But you're right, an East Indian setting does sound good (assuming it's not a bunch of rando white dudes in Wisconsin writing it up, based on Bollywood action films they watch on Netflix). So zoom in on that and give us Forgotten Realms content that's all about East Indian myth and legend and fantasy adventures.

And don't make it with the assumption that the player characters will be white-coded folks from the Sword Coast barging in there. Make it from the point of view of the locals. (An approach that would have made Maztica significantly less awful, for instance.)

 

[Parmandur]

assuming it's not a bunch of rando white dudes in Wisconsin writing it up, based on Bollywood action films they watch on Netflix)

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I don't think they had Netflix in then90's, so probably a little worse?