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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 8792058" data-attributes="member: 10738">I don't think most of that is due to Ed Greenwood's influence, but because of how TSR and then WotC changed their approach to the setting over time. All the really big changes during 4th edition, for example, were to try and simplify the FR and make it more accessible to new gamers, but in the process they turned a huge volume of novels and older content into legacy works that no longer tied to the current era of the Realms, and as a result I think they realized they had damaged their IP a bit. For better or worse many big name characters in FR are essentially name-recognition IP, so the real reason they got retconned back in to the post 5E Realms was to keep the IP functioning to casual Realm fans more than anything. For me personally I made it a habit to ignore whatever TSR or WotC was doing with their worlds and stick to my own stuff (though I've made an exception for Ravenloft, Spelljammer and Planescape since those are broadly applicable). As a result, I am very happy not to have to scratch my head in horror at the constant and weird timeline revamps, retcons and resurrections that have been done to the Realms.</blockquote>