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My fear is the FR will be gutted so much that everything that makes it special and meaningful to me will be gone. I am troubled that they introduced all sorts of changes to shoehorn the setting into the 4e ruleset and all for three published books and out, with any future Realms material only...

3. Color me unimpressed. Sure, it is the new shiny and all, and something new always looks good initially but unless 4e makes for a superior game in all aspects to my existing 3.5 game, it is simply a game with a different feel and a different set of assumptions due to new and different rules...

To hell with that. If I got Mearls as a hostage, he is getting locked up and we are playing D&D. Any edition. Why would I give him back for some snippet on 4e when 4e is already at the printers and will come out in due time. As a player or DM, he's a keeper for me. WOTC would have to play...

Comparing the glut of 2e products to the glut of 3e products is comparing apples and oranges. In the 2e era, there was only a few kids in the sandbox producing product for D&D and the biggest kid (TSR) virtually controlled that sandbox and muddied it up. TSR was their own worst enemy in that...

I think that some people are forgetting that ENWorld is only a small percentage of the D&D demographic and in the big picture, just how many out of millions of D&D players (so claims WOTC) will opt to not go to 4E. That is Paizo's potential market and I think it may be a sufficiently large...

Why would one shut down their website for closed door meetings? It could be as simple an explanation as network problems. They happen.

That is the norm for some of my campaign. And it can be fun. But it can get old real fast too.

I see another problem with 'points of light' - insular communities. If you got the idea of pockets of bright civilization among a sea of dark uncivilized and dangerous lands, then you get insular communities in which the newcomers coming into the community are going to be treated with a certain...

Well, D&D Experience is past and a lot of information has some out. At this point, my group and I are still uncommitted to going to 4e or remaining with 3.5. I have mixed feelings about the new edition. Some stuff appears to be good, alot appears to be so-so in my eyes and some stuff is down...

I have no plans to abandon 3.5 yet. 4e is still iffy for me right now (I like some stuff and dislike other stuff) and until I actually get hands on with the rules, only then will I make a final determination. So, the plan will be like every editilon change for our group - keep playing the...

Ed Greenwood has relayed a few memories of Gary on Candlekeep. Ed Greenwood on Gary It is 3/4 the way down the page (5th post from the bottom of that page) in a post from The Hooded One (a close acquaintance of Ed's who relays Ed's musing to the Candlekeep folk) Warning - don't be drinking...

He stood among giants. And what a legacy he leaves. There are not many "games" in the world that have lasted as long nor has had such a impact on modern culture as D&D. I have had friends come and go but D&D has been one postive constant in my life since 1974. Nothing else in my life has...

It is more a question of scale in relation to demographics. If the Realms demographics was 2000 sentients, then you have a point - 1 in 10 people begin a 18th level or higher mage would be excessive. I believe I heard the number 200 million being mentioned as the approximate demographics for...

Your description of the other characters seems to imply that the start point is not 1st level...or you are joining a ongoing campaign. What is the start level / entry level? Are there limitations on what splats / character options are allowed? Other posters would need to know this to...

When I was in the military, the standard mantra for time appreciations (a exercise in which one takes H-Hour or the time the task needs to be done and works backwards to present time to see how to structure one's efforts and tasks) was once you get your time appreciation done, triple the time...

Count me in.

I sense the heavy hand of the moderators unless people dial it down a bit with the personal snipes and asides. As for the topic at hand, it is what it is. WotC has a plan and Chris Perkins and Rich Baker has as much as said that nothing will change based on the plan and the only thing that...

The above is more like it. As an old school FR fan, I am not 'calmed' by the article. More like a rapid heightening of my apprehensions and concerns. The initial reaction to the article on Candlekeep is not postive. I expect a lot of angst once more see the article.

This had a thread when GHotR came out. Still discussed at Candlekeep.com. Bottom line - mixed reaction from the FR community. Some like, a greater number do not, based on my observances on both ENWorld, WotC and Candlekeep forums. Confirmed by Rich Baker on Ask the Realms Designers forums...

My god.... that shirt ...... that is just soooooo wrong!