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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 7871287" data-attributes="member: 31465">Honestly, one reason I use FR setting is because I like the maps and the names of places, they're very evocative. I'm semi-familiar with the deities, so when a player asks about who is the god of such and such I can generally spout off a name without looking it up.  I've run only premade modules since 5e and they take place in generally small geographic areas, so the larger history/gods/heroes of the Realms really doesn't matter. I had the original little gray box and it sucked me in when I was a teenage and it is still nostalgic. I like the Red Wizards of Thay, tattooed bald wizards with insidious agendas. I like that there are several factions at play, the Emerald Enclave, Harpers and Zhentarim.  They can be as vague or as detailed as I want them to be.  I like that the Realms is so freaking HUGE that what happens at one end has no impact on another.  I like that there are vast tracts of unexplored land and empty wild places.  And I like that I can ignore every bit of official lore if I want, and I really don't pay attention to any of the novels.  I don't even like dragonborn, and I would ban them expect a player wanted to be one and I didn't care enough to say no.I ran Tomb recently and it detailed the entire jungle kingdom of Chult and it was pretty amazing.  Dinosaurs, zombies and and all kinds of weird naughty word down there. ZOMBIE-TREX that spits zombies out its mouth.Yeah, the Realms is a grab bag of generic fantasy tropes, but it works well enough for me.</blockquote>

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