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As an aside, the term "sacred cow" is really being tossed around too much. The use of the term is supposed to designate legacy issues that have remained through the various rules changes, not rules that only appeared last edition and are, to my knowledge, largely ignored anyway.

Yeah, Khelben is meant to be a jerk. At the same time, the Realms authors could have just kept him as a high-level wizard who thinks he knows what's best for everyone. One of the things that contributes to his (and other Realms characters) reputation of being annoying is that he and the other...

I don't think people will have near the amount of hatred for Elminster if he's the only one of the Chosen left. Although it would probably also help if he stopped man-whoring himself about the Realms...

I'm not specifically commenting on Driz'zt. There are many others who both novel readers and gamers enjoy. Mirt the Moneylender comes to mind, as well as the Knights of Myth Drannor, many of the Harpers, and so on. Also, if a lot of Realms fans are fans of the novels, blowing up the world would...

Okay, from 2nd edition to 3rd edition. The world still didn't get blown up. The timeline only advanced 4 years between boxed sets. Check out the big NPCs featured in any of the novels. Considering how well they sell, I doubt they're loathed by the Realms fans.

Heh. Makes me look forward to seeing what's going to happen to Eberron in 2009...

In the change from 1st to 2nd edition, half-orcs suddenly vanished, all the assassins and monks disappeared, and bards suddenly became wusses. The world didn't get blown up in order to introduce these changes, though.

I think a better test would be to wait until there is 1) confirmation of some sort that this change is taking place, and 2) a few glimpses into what exactly the "new" Realms are.

As a matter of semantics, you seem to be confusing adaptations with reboots somewhat. Spider-Man is a film adaptation of the comic, not a reboot. The comic itself didn't get scrapped and restarted; it's still going strong after 40+ years. As to Transformers, Battlestar Galactica, and others...

True, poor product did have a lot to do with it. But pissing off the old fan base by totally warping the setting certainly didn't help matters. First of all, a lot of people were wondering the same thing at the end of 2nd edition, when the Realms had so very many products out there. WotC still...

This is what I think might be the problem if they reboot the Realms. Despite the fact that I don't like a lot of what the Realms has to offer, I've long been of the mind that changing it to a grittier setting would not be the best way to go. The Realms has been D&D's most popular setting for...

The Time of Troubles was a 10 year jump that combined with the Horde. The 3rd edition Realms, for all their big events, has advanced at 2 years of game time per 5 years of real time, or thereabouts. That's a pretty significant difference than a 100-year jump that destroys most of the...

Give your bad guys Improved Initiative, Tumble, Balance, and other acrobatic-like skills. Have them knock things over, throw stuff, and generally create hastily-made obstacles while they're running away. Using strategies like that, it's not too hard to recreate the beginning foot chase in...

Who's to say the contents of that book isn't just foreshadowing a possible future, rather than the official canon for the 4th edition Realms? I will say, though, that if the Realms get that big an overhaul, then the setting's fans are going to be screwed on an even bigger scale than the fans of...

We've got no idea as to how much work they've actually finished so far. Stuff like making a ranger/cleric/wizard work could just be testing the limits of a system that's already in place, or it could be trying out something entirely new. The news so far has been vague enough that we really have...

Weapon equivalency rules in the DM's Guide. Sting=a human short sword but a halfling longsword, so no penalty.

There are a lot of players that feel uncomfortable taking the spotlight like that. It's not particularly fun for them when they're dragged into a role they don't like to be in just to earn a few bennies.

I miss the staff of withering and potions of longevity. Other than that, I've got no problems with how age is handled in D&D.

In any role-playing game throughout history, I have never seen an encumbrance system I liked. Therefore, I don't care at all what they do with encumbrance, as I will probably ignore whatever rule they come up with.

Action points are separate mechanics from hit points in that they are a limited resource that you don't replenish until you level up. So someone going into a basilisk lair might be able to rely on action points for a bit, but they know there's a darned good chance they'll be turned to stone...