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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7964820" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I kind of wonder how many people are playing/running the FR in 5E. In 2E, I know it was a large number, from talking to people online, and that seemed to continue into 3E, despite 3E's brief, abortive attempt to make Greyhawk a "thing" again. 4E was less clear (in part because of so many people switching to PF or the like). But of the people I know who still play/run D&D, or are new and now run D&D in 5E, none of them actually run the FR. The closest I can think of is a Ravenloft campaign that started in the FR.</p><p></p><p>I also really doubt BG3 will get people excited about the FR because every single screenshot, video, and bit of dialogue I've seen from BG3 is utterly "generic fantasy", rather than the FR's take on that. There is literally nothing about that game, beyond that it's <em>technically</em> set there, that says "FR" (or Sword Coast). It's all muted colours (like almost DA2 levels of muted), weirdly bland scrubby terrain or creepy spaceship interiors, generic snarky dialogue, characters with totally un-FR names and backstories and even appearances (the High Elf, for example, shows zero signs of being an FR High Elf - i.e. a Gold Elf or Moon Elf). The muted colours thing seems particularly weird, because previous games by Larian didn't have this, and FR art absolutely doesn't do that. The focus on illithids and their spelljammers doesn't exactly scream "FR" either. It's almost like Larian are intentionally trying to distance themselves from all the existing FR material and both previous BG games, which seems inappropriate for a numbered sequel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7964820, member: 18"] I kind of wonder how many people are playing/running the FR in 5E. In 2E, I know it was a large number, from talking to people online, and that seemed to continue into 3E, despite 3E's brief, abortive attempt to make Greyhawk a "thing" again. 4E was less clear (in part because of so many people switching to PF or the like). But of the people I know who still play/run D&D, or are new and now run D&D in 5E, none of them actually run the FR. The closest I can think of is a Ravenloft campaign that started in the FR. I also really doubt BG3 will get people excited about the FR because every single screenshot, video, and bit of dialogue I've seen from BG3 is utterly "generic fantasy", rather than the FR's take on that. There is literally nothing about that game, beyond that it's [I]technically[/I] set there, that says "FR" (or Sword Coast). It's all muted colours (like almost DA2 levels of muted), weirdly bland scrubby terrain or creepy spaceship interiors, generic snarky dialogue, characters with totally un-FR names and backstories and even appearances (the High Elf, for example, shows zero signs of being an FR High Elf - i.e. a Gold Elf or Moon Elf). The muted colours thing seems particularly weird, because previous games by Larian didn't have this, and FR art absolutely doesn't do that. The focus on illithids and their spelljammers doesn't exactly scream "FR" either. It's almost like Larian are intentionally trying to distance themselves from all the existing FR material and both previous BG games, which seems inappropriate for a numbered sequel. [/QUOTE]
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