Recent content by Contrariwise

I haven't had any mention of AO in any of the FR games I've run because the players have no reason to know of or be interested in AO. Though I understand the dislike for the Avatar series as a whole the gods role in the setting didn't change significantly. Ultimately I feel the setting is still...

As someone who thinks 3e Forgotten Realms is pretty much the best setting for DnD out there I'm interested to learn what things that were added over the editions you didn't like. To me the feel of the Realms stayed fairly consistent up until 4e, so I've never quite understood this stance.

As someone who thinks 3e Forgotten Realms is pretty much the best setting for DnD out there I'm interested to learn what things that were added over the editions you didn't like. To me the feel of the Realms stayed fairly consistent up until 4e, so I've never quite understood this stance.

Yeah, I have several players who always play naytheist characters (actively defiant towards the gods even though they acknowledge their power) but ultimately there are enough ways around the Wall that it's not an issue for them.

I suppose my first point is I don't think the canon needs to be addressed at all unless you want everything about your game to be 100% canon. Especially when looking at something that has been rewritten multiple times. As for Vaika (I am the Gm, not player) The character's origin is that she...

Figured I'd post this here as well. First of all I think that unless you are running a module or pre-made campaign completely by the book campaign your game automatically becomes non-canon. There shouldn't be any hesitation in changing something like Ao's demand that the Wall stay. In my...

If you are playing with the "core assumptions" of any edition of DnD then, no, the game does not work well with a gritty theme. But that should be a moot point because gritty themes have never been central to DnD and have only become less so over time. Though DnD does lend itself to wild...