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Same reason people play any sort of RPG: it's fun. I actually have only played D&D a few times, but I've followed one of the settings for years. As others have said, it's fantasy, and as a fantasy lover, it speaks to me. I've become invested, even though I haven't really played. And playing D&D...

I haven't been a fan of most of the lore changes MToF made to the elf and drow lore, as I said above, but put the way you did, I guess it does lend itself to some poetry. Elves have always believed in reincarnation, but MToF turned it into a forced thing, whereas before, Arvandor had been a...

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes actually changed a lot of elf and drow lore that had otherwise been fairly consistent. The whole primal elf thing, how/why Lolth betrayed Corellon, and the elves being denied permanent residence in Arvandor, plus the whole cutting out the tongue thing with Vhaeraun...

I just hope they really showcase the world with it.

Welp, I just heard about this today. I've never read any of the Dragonlance novels, but if they were writing a trilogy, perhaps that meant they were going to renew other novel lines, like Forgotten Realms, too. That seems even less likely now, though.

Thank you! I'm glad it's queer-friendly--that's important to me. A few more questions: what are the deities like (if there are any), and how much source material is available?

I hadn't heard of Blue Rose before. Kind of curious about the setting.

I believe you are thinking of Cyric :)

I wouldn't be too surprised if they did released some "non-essentials", as they mentioned on one of the Celebration Panels that they would be making products geared towards "casual players". That may be a couple more years down the road though. I would love to see them give more attention to...

i wouldn't say a sigh is getting bent out of shape over it. I did say it was a cool statue, and that he is the most popular character. I don't hate the guy (indeed, the Drizzt books were my intro to the Realms, and I have followed his story, though I'm not as fond of them as I used to be). It...

sigh it's always Drizzt. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy, and he's a Forgotten Realms icon, so that's probably why he's getting the merchandise attention, but the books barely feel like they take place in the Realms most of the time, at least imho. It is a pretty cool figure though, I'll...

Even though Forgotten Realms is the default setting now, I've been unhappy with their handling of it, so I would love if they would start staying more true to the lore, and we get a full Campaign Guide. This also means expanding it beyond the Sword Coast. I also voted for Planescape, because...

At least for the Forgotten Realms setting, polytheism is the norm, at least for your "average folk." A farmer will pray to a Chauntea to help crops grow and to Talos to keep damaging storms away, for example. Most do end up leaning towards one deity above the others as they go through life...

Does the soul want to be in the ring, or would it rather pass on to the afterlife?

I'm a fantasy nut, and a good fantasy work doesn't require fantastical creatures or epic battles where mages hurl spells, but...I like those things. I like my elves, my dragons, my gods, my epic magic. I like subtle fantasy (or low fantasy, I guess?), as well, but fantasy as a genre has really...

Separating art from the artist is a conversation that is being had more and more these days (such as around the song, "Baby's It's Cold Outside"). As the OP said, we are all hypocrites to some extent. Sometimes I think it comes down to "picking your battles", so to speak. For dead artists and...

Does it actually say "you need to delve into earlier products"? If so, that actually makes me happy. It means they're promoting older material and older lore. I personally haven't been a fan of how 5e has disregarded some lore, changing it on a dime for no real reason, so if they're actually...

I haven't bought mine yet. I'm going to wait and see more reviews.

It might vary a bit by god and setting, and how much interest the god takes in mortal. In the Forgotten Realms, as mentioned above, worship brings power. Now, many gods existed before they were worshiped, and the worship=power mandate didn't come into play until the Time of Troubles. Most...

For the Forgotten Realms setting, regardless of the edition you actually choose to play in, I would say the 3.0 FR Campaign Setting Guide, Demihuman Deities and the companion Faiths & Avatars, Lost Empires of Faerun, and Player's Guide to Faerun.