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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 4477641" data-attributes="member: 11821">I keep on seeing the spellplague referred to as a &quot;metaplot&quot; both here and elsewhere, but I'm not buying it.An RPG&nbsp; metaplot is an ongoing, emergent storyline which gets expanded in published materials.&nbsp; A prime example would be Earthdawn - it starts out in a certain way and there are some supplements for that.&nbsp; Then, they released Prelude to War which advances the timeline, has the dwarf king assassinated, and the beginnings of a big outright war against Thera.&nbsp; After this, the setting changes - so you get new nation books like the reborn Cara Fahd.&nbsp; Following that, you get the Barsaive at War campaign - which follows Prelude to War.&nbsp; I think from there it kept going under Living Room Games or Red Brick, but I stopped playing it well before then.Torg would be another big one - where the setting literally changes based on info from PC groups and new realms appear, or old realms change.Anyway, what happened with FR isn't a metaplot as I see it.&nbsp; It's not something you play through, and it's not something that's ongoing.&nbsp; It's basically a setting reboot done in a convenient way - by fast-forwarding the timeline and telling you how it is now.If there were a series of adventures about the Spellplague itself, I'd call that a metaplot.&nbsp; 4e FRCS?&nbsp; Not so much, imho.-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 4477641, member: 11821"] I keep on seeing the spellplague referred to as a "metaplot" both here and elsewhere, but I'm not buying it. An RPG metaplot is an ongoing, emergent storyline which gets expanded in published materials. A prime example would be Earthdawn - it starts out in a certain way and there are some supplements for that. Then, they released Prelude to War which advances the timeline, has the dwarf king assassinated, and the beginnings of a big outright war against Thera. After this, the setting changes - so you get new nation books like the reborn Cara Fahd. Following that, you get the Barsaive at War campaign - which follows Prelude to War. I think from there it kept going under Living Room Games or Red Brick, but I stopped playing it well before then. Torg would be another big one - where the setting literally changes based on info from PC groups and new realms appear, or old realms change. Anyway, what happened with FR isn't a metaplot as I see it. It's not something you play through, and it's not something that's ongoing. It's basically a setting reboot done in a convenient way - by fast-forwarding the timeline and telling you how it is [I]now.[/I] If there were a series of adventures about the Spellplague itself, I'd call that a metaplot. 4e FRCS? Not so much, imho. -O [/QUOTE]

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