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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8120036" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>The supernatural, including the gods, are an important part of the Realms. Yeah. How is this different from most standard D&D settings?</p><p></p><p>But to the point that it is "mind-boggling" that players might want to play atheists or the "faithless"? In a typical FR D&D game, having such characters would break the setting or ruin the theme?</p><p></p><p>And keep in mind the different perspectives of a Realms fan whose been following the setting for decades of real time and centuries of setting time vs your typical fictional inhabitant of the Realms. I've read all those novels too . . . but do you think your average Realmsian's life is as full of gods incarnating on Faerun as your recollection of the novels paint?</p><p></p><p>In the setting, the Time of Troubles, the Spellplague (all those RSEs) are centuries in the past and somewhat mythical (unless you're an elf maybe).</p><p></p><p><em>"Sure, me da told me stories of the gods walking the Earth and wreaking havoc over a hunnerd years ago . . . but I nay believe it meself. Never once seen a god, and I've traveled a bit. I think it's all made up stories. Ach, sure, priests claim to channel the gods to cast spells . . . but they're nay different than those wizards and warlocks they is, only they want you to tithe to their church and live by their rules, or they say you'll get made into a brick for the wall when ye die. Foolishness, it all is!"</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8120036, member: 18182"] The supernatural, including the gods, are an important part of the Realms. Yeah. How is this different from most standard D&D settings? But to the point that it is "mind-boggling" that players might want to play atheists or the "faithless"? In a typical FR D&D game, having such characters would break the setting or ruin the theme? And keep in mind the different perspectives of a Realms fan whose been following the setting for decades of real time and centuries of setting time vs your typical fictional inhabitant of the Realms. I've read all those novels too . . . but do you think your average Realmsian's life is as full of gods incarnating on Faerun as your recollection of the novels paint? In the setting, the Time of Troubles, the Spellplague (all those RSEs) are centuries in the past and somewhat mythical (unless you're an elf maybe). [I]"Sure, me da told me stories of the gods walking the Earth and wreaking havoc over a hunnerd years ago . . . but I nay believe it meself. Never once seen a god, and I've traveled a bit. I think it's all made up stories. Ach, sure, priests claim to channel the gods to cast spells . . . but they're nay different than those wizards and warlocks they is, only they want you to tithe to their church and live by their rules, or they say you'll get made into a brick for the wall when ye die. Foolishness, it all is!"[/I] [/QUOTE]
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