Corpsetaker
First Post
Without rehashing the Problem with the Forgotten Realms debate, you've pretty much proved my point.
FR deals with the internal inconsistency of Uber NPC heroes and Villains by using them when convenient and ignoring them when it isn't. That's the nature of the setting. Every setting has those kind of internal WTFs: Eberron has a race of shapechangers allowed to walk freely. Ravenloft has borders with nothing but mist and a giant hole in the center of the continent. Dragonlance forces every mage to join a single order or die. Greyhawk has a living GOD as ruler of a nation and he hasn't managed to conquer all of the Flanaess yet. And on and on. Hell, even a 30 second march outside RPGs into other pop culture yields plenty of this (How did Jedi go from guardians of the Republic to a myth and ancient religion in 18 years? Why is it the public accepts the Avengers as heroes and the X-Men are feared and hated?)
Every setting is going to have its detractors and every setting has its problems. Take the good with the bad.
Exactly!
And It's not like you have to include any of these NPC's in your home games.