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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenixgod2000" data-source="post: 4027053" data-attributes="member: 29808">I suppose ultimatly you are right.  I just don't see it as setting bloat.  I see it as background detail that adds needed flourishes to the game to give it a more realistic feel.  I have players who've never so much as read a FR novel and they love the realms and don't experience any problems with the level of detail and I have other players who love doing things like going to the same party as Danillo Thann and Arilyin Moonblade or drinking beers with Mirt. Most of all, my players love the fact that all of our various adventures have taken place in a world where their past characters are still alive and doing stuff.  Between the time jump and geographical devastation, they're characters might not have ever existed.  I know of at least one of my players who may not continue playing when we transfer to 4e. And we will, because I like what I've seen of the mechanics so far.I hope you are right. I'll still probably buy the novels but I can't imagine having the same connection to the realms that I had before. It's too much a new world.  And one I have no desire to play in.I don't even remember what Maztican references there were in the 3e realms.  When I set the RHoD in Maztica, I just used my old box set and made up the rest.  I don't care if it isn't mentioned, or only mentioned rarely--I care about somebody blowing it up.</blockquote>