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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6682290" data-attributes="member: 6779310">There is no chance of having to pay royalties to the Gygax estate with the Realms - the setting was bought outright by TSR, and explicitly included in the sale to Wizards. And Ed Greenwood signed over ALL rights to the Realms, and has stated publicly that he did so. Further, Ed's still alive, and working with/for Wizards as an author.Greyhawk, however, was Gary's creation, and while included in the sale of TSR, Gary never clearly signed over all rights to it. Gail could, in theory, demand royalties on it. And mire the works in litigation for years.Add to that the continued success of the Realms as a setting for Novels... an outside source for new fans. I've seen FR novels on elementary school library shelves... And that the more successful D&D videogames have all been set in the realms...Plenty of cumulative reasons to pick FR over Greyhawk. I prefer Mystarra, myself.... and Greyhawk over the realms... but it's not THAT big a deal.</blockquote>