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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Warlock" data-source="post: 3826066" data-attributes="member: 21215">Well, as others have said, there appears to be a population who have had problems as stated. I don't see any reason why people would feel the need to make that up.On the other hand, I've been running a single FR campaign for 13 years. I have utilized a wide array of NPCs in interactions with my players' characters. Several of the "ubers" as they are being called. And they've never stolen the spotlight. They've pointed them in important directions, offered lore, provided patronage, and been allies and obstacles. So unfortunately, I've not experienced this problem as a FR specific.I've been in campaigns where exceptionally powerful NPCs did the heavy lifting, and deus ex machina was the order of the day. And most of them were set in Greyhawk, for what it's worth, though I don't think that had anything to do with the setting itself either.I think WD may have the right of it though - WotC may be trying to idiot-proof the game and the setting against gamers who run roughshod over common sense, and misuse material to play at the expense of their players.I just think that there are a fair number of people that this approach won't appeal to because it feels like things are being dumbed down (regardless of the actual fact), and how it breaks with continuity of their established games. Also, the end result is that a fair amount of distaste probably comes from the concept that because of that break (based on the limited info to date), it feels like they are losing support for the setting as they have come to know it.Also, I don't know if idiot-proofing such a game, or a setting, is truly possible when the first rule is and has been, Use what you like, ignore what you don't, make up stuff you want. In the end, bad GMs will still be bad GMs and will put back in the things that make them so. Good GMs may like what's produced, or may ignore the offering because they feel the material is either too bland, or too disconnected from what has gone before. Average GMs and New GMs may find it useful as a place to stretch their legs and figure out how to grow. How that equals market share, brand viability and customer retention only the coming year plus will tell.A long way to answer, but I have never suffered these problems they expound upon in my game, nor in the FR games I've been in. So, I guess I can't ease those concerns.</blockquote>

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