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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khairn" data-source="post: 4002736" data-attributes="member: 20153">The answer to #1 is very easy.  Allow me to illustrate.As a GM I decide that the only FR setting book I am using is Silver Marches.  One softcover book that is 158 pages long.  That, along with a few pages from the FRCS is all I will need. All characters need to fit within the concepts of the Sillver Marches.  And voila ... very little canon to know.  If and when my players want more detail, I can add another book and expand out my game.  Within a year of the launch of FR 4E there will be well over 20 supplements, adventures, FR monster manuals, and paperback books.  Nevermind all the official content that will come via the DDI.  What are you going to do with all this new canon?  Ignore it if it causes a problem would be my guess.  So why can't you do the same with 3E FR canon?  Ultimately, the arrival of FR 4E, will not solve the "canon" question.  Its just a temporary band-aid.The extent to which we use FR Canon is completely in the hands of the players and GM's to determine.  It is not something that is controlled by publishing a new edition.  The problem is not that detailed canon exists.  The problem is how we (GM's & players) use it.As for #2, I wouldn't try to shoe horn 4E's gaming paradigm into a setting with such extensive history in the first place.  I'd create a setting that would really showcase 4E's new rules and new style of play to the fullest.  What I wouldn't do is alter an existing setting to the degree that a sizable part of your loyal and passionate customer-base is up in arms.I'm glad there are folks who are excited about 4E FR.  But for me, the changes to the setting are too dramatic.   It just doesn't appear to have the same feeling as the "classic" FR.  And since the only thing that is truly important to me is the fun my friends and I have at the gaming table, we'll just stick with the current version of the FR.First off you are right.  I stated that WotC was not developing 4E FR for their current fan base.  I should have said that they are not designing it for their entire fan base.  I clearly included "all" FR fans in my statement, and that was wrong.  I know that there are clearly some FR fans who really like the changes, just as there are some who really don't.I don't for the slightest moment think that WotC is trying to fire me.  But I do think that they knew a portion of their player base would be outraged by the changes they were making, and calculated that potential loss of former players as acceptable.  I don't hold it against them, as its a straight business decision, and not anything personal.</blockquote>

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