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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 4691151" data-attributes="member: 8461">Only if you look at that specific part of my post and ignore the rest, which coincidentally is exactly what you did.The older campaign settings didn't go out of their way to invalidate previous material the way the new one did. The Time of Troubles didn't mean that your previous material was now completely irrelevant, since geographic boundaries hadn't changed and a century hadn't passed.The point here isn't to compare the various FR setting books throughout the editions. FR previously had a wealth of information across various supplements, adventures, novels, magazine articles, etc. which has now all been invalidated, and we're never going to get that same level of detail again (at least not in 4E). WotC has already said that they're not going to release any more FR books beyond the Campaign Guide, Player's Guide, and a single adventure. So, sporadic articles in DDI and new novels notwithstanding, the Realms has lost pretty much all of the depth and detail that made it truly unique.4E FR wiped out all of the depth from its previous incarnations, and made sure not to offer anything comparable. Short of just saying "I'm sticking with the 3.X campaign setting and ignoring all the 4E changes!" there's nothing unique about FR anymore.</blockquote>