Are you excited about the Forgotten Realms setting changes?

[Steely Dan]

Ah yes, the Realms...


A setting so nice

They nuked it twice

Why am I thinking of refried beans…?

 

[herald]

IS there a choice for Meh?

 

[Ranger REG]

Just a few. Like I said, I could write a book on how 3e screwed up Cloak and Dagger if I felt inclined to.

Meh. I'll just gloss over Cloak and Dagger, then.

At least 3e help chronicles Drizzt's class origin better than 1e/2e.

 

[JoeGKushner]

1st to 2nd ed was a little goofy but you could at least play through it and it didn't advance the timeline that much.

2nd to 3rd had a lot of internal changes but no big big events in terms of the game.

3rd to 4th hits every branch of the "Joe Kushner will not like this" on the way down.

I'll still look over the core book for crunch and ideas but I'm far from done with the old FR and if I do use the new FR, it'll be an 'alternative' timeline.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

There are some elements I like (2nd age of Netheril) and there are elements I don't like (spellplague; elimination of notable NPCs).

 

[Paragon]

seems like a lot of change for the sake of change.

 

[Green Knight]

If there were an option for not liking most of the changes, but being willing to play the 4E Realms, then I'd vote for that. That pretty much sums up my opinion, though. I don't like most of the changes, and wish they hadn't made those changes, but there's still enough of the old Realms left that I'm willing to play it, and there's a few new things here and there that I like.

 

[Hussar]

Well currently the poll has 368 responses, so, that's not a bad sample.

The two largest groups either like the changes or don't care. The group that hates the changes is balanced by an equal sized group of players who find the changes interesting enough to come back to the FR.

Looks like WOTC knew what they were doing huh?

 

[Mkhaiwati]

Well currently the poll has 368 responses, so, that's not a bad sample.

The two largest groups either like the changes or don't care. The group that hates the changes is balanced by an equal sized group of players who find the changes interesting enough to come back to the FR.

Looks like WOTC knew what they were doing huh?

except that there is also the larger combined balance of people hating the changes and either keeping the current timeline or keeping 3.5. About 29% (combined) do not like and probably won't bother as opposed to about 11% who didn't like FR and now do.

Maybe WotC didn't know what they were doing.

 

[Mr. Wilson]

Where is the "apprehensive, but still willing to wait until holding the FRCG until making a final decision" option?

Or, "Still on the Fence" if you want to cut it down some.