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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 5378141" data-attributes="member: 51930">which is why 4e FR tanked.  FR was really popular, it had been the premier fantasy setting for D&D for years.  Greyhawk may be the default, but it wasn't detailed in splatbooks and novels the way FR was.   Granted, there were issues with it (ie: Elminster and co always win for the PCs; there are high-level NPC good guys who run things, and are basically the RL designers' player characters, etc.).  I don't think WOTC realized that by changing the setting so that all the old stuff was gone, they were ruining what was good about the setting along with the bad stuff.  Granted, there are 4e fans, but I don't think the original fan base was too pleased.Really, they should have done a conversion for those who liked it the way it was, and then focused on a new setting that was great for 4e.  Eberron they didn't change so much as adapt, as in a way it's already POL.One more thing:  in your setting you said you wanted the only Epic-level characters to be the PCs.  That's a great idea.  PoL settings have that, and I think it works.What are the *adventures* you have planned?  Setting is the atmosphere, the flavor.  What encounters are you planning?</blockquote>