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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 5993554" data-attributes="member: 775">The Forgotten Realms isn't about player-characters adventuring and determining their own destiny. It's more about Greewood showing off Elminster, his favorite character. Everything else, the massive world creation, the other characters from the novels, is just a vapid sideshow. IIRC,  WotC altered the FR for 4.0 is to get Elminster out of the spotlight. In reality, Elminster didn't really dominate the setting, but many people criticized the setting for Elminster's dominance. (I side with the latter camp).You see this with nearly every single Forgotten Realms article or supplement. They usually begin with some anecdote by Elminster. In the "Wizard's Three" articles from Dragon Elminister would often make the other two wizards from Dragonlance and Greyhawk look foolish. And as already pointed out, the 3.0 FR guide was great, but on page 5, there's Elminster! When it comes down to it, Elminster is basically Ed Greenwood's childhood imaginary friend. In Dragon once, Erik Mona commented on a short story Greenwood wrote when Greenwood was like seven years old. Not everybody can write profitably about their childhood imaginary friend. So I guess I can't blame Greenwood for grabbing that opportunity and running with it. So this behavior is not going to stop anytime soon as long as the Forgotten Realms remains viable and profitable.Edit: A quote from the keynote. Greenwood: "There will be war. Gods & their chosen will take part. So will normal people. Your characters will be a part afterwards." This proves my point.</blockquote>

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