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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 6496909" data-attributes="member: 67338">and again we are back to my suggestion for Ultimate Forgotten Realms, a rewrite starting with the 1e box set, but with the history truncated but mostly intact. Just take the best info, rewrite it so it is more a modern campaign setting with warriors and wizards and warlocks.... just using the latest (in this case 5e) ruleset and no major shifts in rules. Take the most fun parts and leave the 500+ novels mostly out. Reset the NPCs to Iconic idea, but much lower level more in line with use in play. Make it able to be relayed in 1 book of campaign setting. then have little side bars &quot;Hey if you want X to happen look at this old novel series/ rules for inspiration&quot;Make the chosen a full PCable templet, give it to more gods. In this idea Elminster instead of being a 32nd level fighter/theif/priestess/archmage, is a 5th level bard with silver fire (a cool damage but mostly used to rebuild dead magic zones) a few non combat spell like abilities, and is ageless (not immortal can totally be killed) with a super high Int (notice not his casting stat) and access to his goddess for additional info... that way he is the world's greatest sage but still needs PCs.... in this alt version (one made to be the game not the novels) he isn't able to fight off things that even 3rd level parties can...because 1 lone 5th level Bard is less then 5 3rd level PCs, maybe even 5 1st level PCs.In this, maybe Blackstaff is a 5th level warlock who has a ton of political clout as a masked lord of waterdeep and a spy master who helps runs the harpers...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 6496909, member: 67338"] and again we are back to my suggestion for Ultimate Forgotten Realms, a rewrite starting with the 1e box set, but with the history truncated but mostly intact. Just take the best info, rewrite it so it is more a modern campaign setting with warriors and wizards and warlocks.... just using the latest (in this case 5e) ruleset and no major shifts in rules. Take the most fun parts and leave the 500+ novels mostly out. Reset the NPCs to Iconic idea, but much lower level more in line with use in play. Make it able to be relayed in 1 book of campaign setting. then have little side bars "Hey if you want X to happen look at this old novel series/ rules for inspiration" Make the chosen a full PCable templet, give it to more gods. In this idea Elminster instead of being a 32nd level fighter/theif/priestess/archmage, is a 5th level bard with silver fire (a cool damage but mostly used to rebuild dead magic zones) a few non combat spell like abilities, and is ageless (not immortal can totally be killed) with a super high Int (notice not his casting stat) and access to his goddess for additional info... that way he is the world's greatest sage but still needs PCs.... in this alt version (one made to be the game not the novels) he isn't able to fight off things that even 3rd level parties can...because 1 lone 5th level Bard is less then 5 3rd level PCs, maybe even 5 1st level PCs. In this, maybe Blackstaff is a 5th level warlock who has a ton of political clout as a masked lord of waterdeep and a spy master who helps runs the harpers... [/QUOTE]

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