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Ed used Elminster and the like as background characters, giving quests, bit of advice from time to time etc. Never did he use them to teleport in and save the PC's. Anyway, I believe that contractually, the Realms are not Ed's anymore. He writes many products and novels for WoTC, and anything...

Grand History of the Realms had an art budget of practically zero, so they couldn't commission any new art for the book. Any money that was spent went on maps. The art in the book itself is all reused stuff, from older products. Which really sucks.

As Devyn pointed out, that's a cop out of the highest order. The Mythal Cities, for instance, were protected from the Spellplague. Never mind the fact that Mythals are High Elven Magic.. and yeah, it's not like Waterdeep has any wizards (other then all those written, all those spells including...

Halruaa got removed because it didn't fit the core themes of the Realms. Not that they have defined the core themes, nor explained why Halruaa didn't fit them. Also, do they have to describe everything as 'cool'. Someone get WoTC a thesaurus, please!

You know, there are many ways the designers could have fixed perceived problems in the Realms, without resorting to such drastic measures as these. (Regardless of the lack of truth behind these problems) Better presentation, limiting the scope of novels, using the likes of Elminster as they were...

Hehe. It has been quite a wait! I see it as a short term decision, that's all. It's very unlikely that Green Ronin, or other big 3rd party companies will keep supporting 3rd edition only in their products beyond 2009, unless 4th Edition seriously tanks. In which case the hobby has much more...

Fair enough. Let's move on. :) I personally don't see a need to lay down the $5,000 for the rules, especially with Green Ronin's other product lines currently in development. Isn't Freeport rather rules light anyway? Add to that True 20 and the forthcoming ASOIAF book (which I'm going rather...

I thought it was something closer to 'Sign NDA, read the OGL, then if you're interested, pay $5,000 and see the Rules'? Anyway, all Mr Pramas seems to be saying is that we don't know if the Rules will be any good. Are WoTC a professional company, with professionals making their product? Sure...

Most likely Shadovar, given the known information about the new Empire of Netheril being around. Or an actual Orc PC race.

Yeah, I've already got a city in mind. Westgate, in the Forgotten Realms. I'm just looking for sourcebooks that can help me flesh out the area, give me ideas. That Port of Deceit sourcebook looks quite interesting. Westgate is a port city too, and rather corrupt and dark, so that sourcebook...

Hey guys. I've been thinking about a city based campaign recently, and I was wondering what sort of books you'd recommend for such a campaign? Either sourcebooks or really good adventures in urban settings. I'm already getting Ptolus, so don't need to recommend that one. ;) Any source is good...

It's not at all a case of being impatient. It's more a case of recognising that WoTC said there would be these articles released in December, and failing to deliver one of them. They did, however, put up the Elves and Eldarin article. It's kinda worrying. It does appear more and more as if they...

It's probably something to do with the return of Abier to Toril, which was mentioned in Bruce Cordell's Stardeep book. Abier is full of Aberrations, mainly Aboleths.

Alrighty. I picked Other. Firstly, I'd create a FRCS that concentrates heavily on a few of the key areas in the Realms, namely The Sword Coast, Cormyr, The Dalelands and the Silver Marches (Drizzt sells, and allowing people to adventure in the same areas as he does, if not with him, would...

Again, this might be a long one. Well, this is a problem with firstly how much detail you can pack into a campaign setting book, and secondly one of the consequences of a metaplot. Naturally, there has to be a decision as to how much detail they can put into a book. Too much at it becomes...

Alright, I did find something say after my initial annoyance. The FR team have continually said that they wanted PC's, not NPC's to be the stars, and that they didn't want people to be bogged down with masses of history. So they put Drizzt on the front cover. He's almost as old as the Realms...

Did you ever try using some of the classes presented in the DMG, like the Commoner, Warrior etc? I imagine they would make for good "everyman" type characters, at least at low levels. Though by the very nature of DnD, it's hard to be an everyman when you hit Level 10+.

Been a fan for three years, so certainly not a long time fan. ;) I certainly didn't intend to come across as badgering, so if I have done, it wasn't intentional. I'm just saying that some of the assumptions Majoru Oakheart have are wrong. I am allowed to do that, right?

*sigh* I've nothing more to say. Just.. *sigh*

Alright, this might be a long post. Drizzt has never been important in my Realms. It's important if YOU choose it to be. You don't have to set your game in the Silver Marches, but if you do, there's a nice regional sourcebook that explains what you need to set your game there. Which is...