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<blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 3814914" data-attributes="member: 17596"><p><strong>Forgotten Realms</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>What hooked me...</em></p><p></p><p>What really hooked me about Forgotten Realms was the fact that it is so intertwined with the fantasy world in general. No other D&D setting has so many novels and video games to support it. Even if you've never picked up a d20, many fantasy fans and gamers know of Forgotten Realms. So, it was just general knowledge that brought me to Forgotten Realms, though I never plucked up the nerve to buy a sourcebook until the release of the <em>Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (FRCS)</em>. That book simply amazed me. However...</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>What muddied the water...</em></p><p></p><p>There is so much information packed into the <em>FRCS</em> that I can't pick it up without feeling overwhelmed. For anyone whose followed Forgotten Realms for years this might not be a problem, but to those of us who were relatively new to the setting back in 2001 its like reading the CliffsNotes to <em>War & Peace</em>. You might get all the facts, but you don't always get the contexts and nuances of events. This made me think that running a campaign in Forgotten Realms would suffer from the same problem that I had when trying to run World of Darkness games...the metaplot was very difficult to keep up with without spending a lot of time and money to do so.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>What broke the catoblepas' back...</em></p><p></p><p>Too many cooks and way too many ingredients. There's just too much to keep up with in Forgotten Realms for my liking. Furthermore, there are so many writers bringing so many new elements to the Realms that I never feel like I've got a handle on the situation. I like the fact that a world I enjoy has novels to support it, but I don't like feeling like I have to read novel after novel after novel just to keep up with what's going on. </p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Lost Hope...</em></p><p></p><p>I'm not keen on the future of Forgotten Realms. While the 4th edition changes might very well fix the problems I've mentioned above, I expect that they'll only reset them to zero...where it can all begin again. Furthermore, the vast changes to the world itself sounds like an interesting game, but it doesn't sound like Forgotten Realms. I wouldn't mind it as an alternate age or universe, but I don't like the idea of changing the very nature of a setting just to support a new edition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ivocaliban, post: 3814914, member: 17596"] [B]Forgotten Realms[/B] [I]What hooked me...[/I] What really hooked me about Forgotten Realms was the fact that it is so intertwined with the fantasy world in general. No other D&D setting has so many novels and video games to support it. Even if you've never picked up a d20, many fantasy fans and gamers know of Forgotten Realms. So, it was just general knowledge that brought me to Forgotten Realms, though I never plucked up the nerve to buy a sourcebook until the release of the [I]Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (FRCS)[/I]. That book simply amazed me. However... [I]What muddied the water...[/I] There is so much information packed into the [I]FRCS[/I] that I can't pick it up without feeling overwhelmed. For anyone whose followed Forgotten Realms for years this might not be a problem, but to those of us who were relatively new to the setting back in 2001 its like reading the CliffsNotes to [I]War & Peace[/I]. You might get all the facts, but you don't always get the contexts and nuances of events. This made me think that running a campaign in Forgotten Realms would suffer from the same problem that I had when trying to run World of Darkness games...the metaplot was very difficult to keep up with without spending a lot of time and money to do so. [I]What broke the catoblepas' back...[/I] Too many cooks and way too many ingredients. There's just too much to keep up with in Forgotten Realms for my liking. Furthermore, there are so many writers bringing so many new elements to the Realms that I never feel like I've got a handle on the situation. I like the fact that a world I enjoy has novels to support it, but I don't like feeling like I have to read novel after novel after novel just to keep up with what's going on. [I]Lost Hope...[/I] I'm not keen on the future of Forgotten Realms. While the 4th edition changes might very well fix the problems I've mentioned above, I expect that they'll only reset them to zero...where it can all begin again. Furthermore, the vast changes to the world itself sounds like an interesting game, but it doesn't sound like Forgotten Realms. I wouldn't mind it as an alternate age or universe, but I don't like the idea of changing the very nature of a setting just to support a new edition. [/QUOTE]
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