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Behind the Scenes of the making of the 3rd Ed Forgotten Realms from Sean K. Reynolds. Update part 2.
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<blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 8796185" data-attributes="member: 52905"><p>Sean K. Reynolds has begun a series of blog posts about the 3rd edition Forgotten Reams Campaign Setting and I'm hooked.</p><p></p><p>I love the idea that they didn't want a Realms Shaking Event to justify changes but instead tried a subtle retcon style, it's interesting that WotC would return to that style after.</p><p></p><p>[callout]...changing the rules didnt mean the setting was changing, it was our <strong>understanding</strong> of the rules that changed our <strong>understanding</strong> of the setting. For example, with 3E adding the sorcerer class, that didnt mean that the Realms all of a sudden had sorcerers–the realms has <strong>always</strong> had sorcerers... nothing like “several main gods have died or changed identities” or “this country no longer exists” or “hello a new continent has joined the chat.”[/callout]</p><p></p><p>I wonder if the retconning wasn't well received? I know the actual book as a huge success and I love it myself.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://seankreynolds.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/__trashed/" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]263606[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>I love the little blurbs about the creators involved. Did Skip Williams really work on every edition of D&D? Wow!</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://seankreynolds.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/__trashed/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>And now part 2!</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://seankreynolds.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/trivia-anecdotes-forgotten-realms-campaign-setting-3e-part-2/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darjr, post: 8796185, member: 52905"] Sean K. Reynolds has begun a series of blog posts about the 3rd edition Forgotten Reams Campaign Setting and I'm hooked. I love the idea that they didn't want a Realms Shaking Event to justify changes but instead tried a subtle retcon style, it's interesting that WotC would return to that style after. [callout]...changing the rules didnt mean the setting was changing, it was our [B]understanding[/B] of the rules that changed our [B]understanding[/B] of the setting. For example, with 3E adding the sorcerer class, that didnt mean that the Realms all of a sudden had sorcerers–the realms has [B]always[/B] had sorcerers... nothing like “several main gods have died or changed identities” or “this country no longer exists” or “hello a new continent has joined the chat.”[/callout] I wonder if the retconning wasn't well received? I know the actual book as a huge success and I love it myself. [URL='https://seankreynolds.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/__trashed/'][ATTACH type="full" width="635px" alt="FRCS.jpg"]263606[/ATTACH][/URL] I love the little blurbs about the creators involved. Did Skip Williams really work on every edition of D&D? Wow! [URL unfurl="true"]https://seankreynolds.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/__trashed/[/URL] And now part 2! [URL unfurl="true"]https://seankreynolds.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/trivia-anecdotes-forgotten-realms-campaign-setting-3e-part-2/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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