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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6682360" data-attributes="member: 6785785">The Realms are fine as the default setting. I myself enjoy departures from the norm such as Dark Sun and Planescape, but that does not mean there is no place for the norm.The Realms are designed to be accessible and generic and kitchen sink. They're a skeleton waiting for a good DM and gaming group to clothe them in muscle and flesh.Are they above reproach? No, of course not. There are plenty of criticisms we can make for the Realms.But it seems a bit odd to me. Anything that you don't like about the Realms is within your ability to change. I mean, I can't see how someone would be willing to take Phandalin and its area and find a new home for it in the World of Greyhawk but not be willing to simply remove Elminster from their game world. Why is one change okay but the other not? I've played in the FR plenty, as well as almost all the other published worlds and a good amount of homebrew settings as well. I don't find the FR so drastically different from the others. The 3rd Edition FR Setting Book is fantastic, whether you want to play in the Realms or if you just want to mine the book for material to use elsewhere. I would say that the same goes for the 5E material so far. None seems so intrinsically tied to the Realms that it can't be easily ported to Greyhawk or any other setting. Lowkey13, I would say that you should not give the Realms another try. I say this not because I don't think there is plenty for you to enjoy about the setting, but simply because your mind seems made up. I would say though, to use the comic analogy that came up earlier, that you sound like someone who didn't like Hawkworld and OMAC, so they find the DCU unbearable.</blockquote>

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