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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 5995602" data-attributes="member: 926"><p>For me, when they killed Mystra and destroyed the Weave, one of the <em>VERY</em> few things about the Realms that made it unique from all the other generic fantasy settings out there, and turned the setting into "Forgotten Realms: After The Bomb!" is when I completely lost interest. And the whole bringing in new continents on top of the old ones... well, let's just say that I absolutely despised everything about 4E, and especially 4E Forgotten Realms. </p><p></p><p>So this news about Ed fills me with hope and excitement.</p><p></p><p>And for the people complaining about the place of Elminster and the other Chosen: the existence of Superman <em>does not</em> negate the need for Batman. Nor of Robin. Nor Animal Man nor even John Constantine. Superman deals with threats on levels that require his attention. The others deal with threats on their levels. And when PCs attain levels where they rival the Chosen? Well then step right up and take your place beside them! I for one get SICK of games that are constant "save the world" scenarios over and over and over and OVER again. What ever happened to people playing adventurers out for loot? And tackling small problems they run into? Most campaigns should NOT be one long quest from 1st thru 20th level with the goal of saving the world. That gets old <em>real</em> fast.</p><p></p><p>And for the lamers who keep beating the very, very dead old horse of Elminster being Greenwoods Mary Sue, let me repeat something that has been common knowledge for YEARS amongst those of us who care to listen to what the man has to say, instead of just constantly screeching about how much the Realms sucks. Greenwood created and used Elminster for the exact purpose stated in the Old Grey Box: to be a guide and adviser to the PCs. The power-ups and streams of stories about him were at the directive of TSR and then Wizards, apparently because <em>players demanded it.</em> It was not Ed Greenwood's idea, nor (from what I've read) did he particularly <em>want</em> to do it.</p><p></p><p>So now we'll be having Ed back in the saddle, without all the people who injected a that unwanted nonsense in the first place. I always imagined Ed's Forgotten Realms to be mainly set in the Dales and Myth Drannor, since the Knights of MD were his players, right? And some travel into Cormyr and over to Waterdeep occasionally.</p><p></p><p>I am VERY excited to see where this will go!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 5995602, member: 926"] For me, when they killed Mystra and destroyed the Weave, one of the [I]VERY[/I] few things about the Realms that made it unique from all the other generic fantasy settings out there, and turned the setting into "Forgotten Realms: After The Bomb!" is when I completely lost interest. And the whole bringing in new continents on top of the old ones... well, let's just say that I absolutely despised everything about 4E, and especially 4E Forgotten Realms. So this news about Ed fills me with hope and excitement. And for the people complaining about the place of Elminster and the other Chosen: the existence of Superman [I]does not[/I] negate the need for Batman. Nor of Robin. Nor Animal Man nor even John Constantine. Superman deals with threats on levels that require his attention. The others deal with threats on their levels. And when PCs attain levels where they rival the Chosen? Well then step right up and take your place beside them! I for one get SICK of games that are constant "save the world" scenarios over and over and over and OVER again. What ever happened to people playing adventurers out for loot? And tackling small problems they run into? Most campaigns should NOT be one long quest from 1st thru 20th level with the goal of saving the world. That gets old [I]real[/I] fast. And for the lamers who keep beating the very, very dead old horse of Elminster being Greenwoods Mary Sue, let me repeat something that has been common knowledge for YEARS amongst those of us who care to listen to what the man has to say, instead of just constantly screeching about how much the Realms sucks. Greenwood created and used Elminster for the exact purpose stated in the Old Grey Box: to be a guide and adviser to the PCs. The power-ups and streams of stories about him were at the directive of TSR and then Wizards, apparently because [I]players demanded it.[/I] It was not Ed Greenwood's idea, nor (from what I've read) did he particularly [I]want[/I] to do it. So now we'll be having Ed back in the saddle, without all the people who injected a that unwanted nonsense in the first place. I always imagined Ed's Forgotten Realms to be mainly set in the Dales and Myth Drannor, since the Knights of MD were his players, right? And some travel into Cormyr and over to Waterdeep occasionally. I am VERY excited to see where this will go! [/QUOTE]
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