WotC WotC needs an Elon Musk

[Parmandur]

I don't own the book. Did it center around Faerun, or did it explore the other sections of the world, too? How in-depth was its section on Maztica? Or Chult? Zakhara?

It covered all of Faerun, but gave those other parts similar treatment that other regions of Faerun get in SCAG.

It really is quite a good book, still mostly usable in 5E.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I couldn't give a fig what is in an adventure path that I will never purchase because I don't run premade adventure paths. Those are not the setting and never will be, regardless of how much they include. Only a dedicated setting book/product will be the setting.

They have entire chapters explaining the setting. That's setting material, even if it's not in a setting book. Some of them you can purchase on their own, like Volo's Waterdeep Enchiridion.

 

[Haplo781]

Someone to alienate investors and invite NuTSR back in?

 

[Zardnaar]

The Realms are so ridiculously huge that trying to detail the entire setting in a single book is a foolish endeavor. The SCAG could have been better, yes, but WotC has given more in-depth explanation of various parts of the Realms through the many adventure paths that take place there.

Erm no the 3.0 FRCS is quite well regarded.

 

[Zardnaar]

I don't own the book. Did it center around Faerun, or did it explore the other sections of the world, too? How in-depth was its section on Maztica? Or Chult? Zakhara?

They're not parts of Faerun. Parts of Toril yes.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

They're not parts of Faerun. Parts of Toril yes.

I didn't misspeak.

 

[Zardnaar]

I didn't misspeak.

Not many people care about rest of Toril but 5E realms looks fairly weak quality wise compared with older edition material.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Not many people care about rest of Toril but 5E realms looks fairly weak quality wise compared with older edition material.

And I wasn't saying that it wasn't.

 

[Staffan]

It is a smallish section of the Realms, regardless of mileage.

I also don't know where you are getting that it's bigger than Europe. It's not. The entire main continent is 9.5 million square miles, which puts it a bit short of 2.5 times the size of Europe which is 4 million square miles. The sword coast is a sliver of that 9.5 million square mile area.

The distance from Luskan to the northern border of Amn is about 1300 miles, and the distance from the shore to the Anauroch is between 550 and 800 miles. Project the area onto Europe and turn it around a bit, and it looks something like this:

If you include the whole area on the Sword Coast map (all the way off to the Dalelands and the Moonsea, and as far south as Tethyr) you get a significantly bigger chunk of land, but that's not what I'd define as "the Sword Coast".

However, distance isn't everything. As the Western Heartlands (the portion of the Sword Coast south of Waterdeep) was described in 2e: It has miles and miles of miles and miles. The Sword Coast is defined by its major geographical features and by its cities, not by densely populated nations. The distance from Baldur's Gate to Waterdeep along the Trade Way is about 650 miles, or almost a month of travel, and there are pretty much no large settlements along the way. Compare this to the similar journey from Paris to Berlin, and you'll hit major cities like Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Hanover on the way. That's because this part of the Realms is very much a "Points of light" setting, with a small number of strong settlements separated by dangerous wilderness.

I think it would be cool if D1D moved its focus somewhere else, perhaps to the Sea of Fallen Stars (assuming it keeps the Realms as a primary focus to begin with). There we have more actual nations, as well as more variety – plus, enclosed seas is great for travel and also offers lots of room for pirates and such. You still get city-states up in the Moonsea region as well as along the Dragon Coast, but you also get places like Cormyr or Rashemen – or Thay.

 

[Retros_x]

New visionary leadership is needed.

So you agree leadership is the problem but you want to fire 50% of the employees? Thats the base operative. Book output will get stopped to a halt and fans will wonder whats going on very fast. Also you need newbies, hardcore fans are still playing old editions and not buying new stuff. I agree that WotC could benefit from new and innovative management that is actually competent (not like Musk who is just a spoiled brat).