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Elminster? Really? Why is he so popular?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5994041" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p><strong>Face facts haters!</strong></p><p></p><p>Sigh, yet another thread filled with Elminster and Drizzt hate. To me, it isn't much different than edition warring. Face facts haters:</p><p></p><p>WotC continues to ask Greenwood to write Elminster novels and Salvatore to write Drizzt novels because they are actually, wait for it, <strong>POPULAR</strong>. More people like them than whine about them on the intarwebs. If you noticed, Elminster's appearance in the keynote address slide show got the loudest and longest applause of the evening.</p><p></p><p>Same goes for redoing the Realms for D&D Next vs. finding another campaign setting. FR is simply the most popular setting for D&D, <strong>EVER</strong>. I would be surprised, and a bit angered, if WotC decided to dump their most popular setting and most popular characters to take a risk with something new.</p><p></p><p>I'll add that I am not a fan of the character Elminster myself, or of Greenwood's writing. I do read and enjoy Salvatore's books, although I see the criticisms some folks level at his writings and even agree. But I don't waste my time bashing WotC for continuing to publish things that I don't particularly care for, nor do I waste time demeaning books, authors, characters that I don't like, but that I know many others do. I simply move on to what I do like.</p><p></p><p>If WotC can increase the popularity and profitability of D&D with the Realms and it's most (in)famous characters, then they are more likely to create new settings and new characters that I will enjoy. If they harm the brand by ignoring what most fans enjoy, then we all lose because we won't magically be getting redos of other classic settings or brand-new settings if the main game and setting fail.</p><p></p><p>A successful FR is a successful D&D that will open up space for supplements that go beyond vanilla fantasy. Embrace the Realms, even if you don't read the novels or play the setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5994041, member: 18182"] [b]Face facts haters![/b] Sigh, yet another thread filled with Elminster and Drizzt hate. To me, it isn't much different than edition warring. Face facts haters: WotC continues to ask Greenwood to write Elminster novels and Salvatore to write Drizzt novels because they are actually, wait for it, [B]POPULAR[/B]. More people like them than whine about them on the intarwebs. If you noticed, Elminster's appearance in the keynote address slide show got the loudest and longest applause of the evening. Same goes for redoing the Realms for D&D Next vs. finding another campaign setting. FR is simply the most popular setting for D&D, [B]EVER[/B]. I would be surprised, and a bit angered, if WotC decided to dump their most popular setting and most popular characters to take a risk with something new. I'll add that I am not a fan of the character Elminster myself, or of Greenwood's writing. I do read and enjoy Salvatore's books, although I see the criticisms some folks level at his writings and even agree. But I don't waste my time bashing WotC for continuing to publish things that I don't particularly care for, nor do I waste time demeaning books, authors, characters that I don't like, but that I know many others do. I simply move on to what I do like. If WotC can increase the popularity and profitability of D&D with the Realms and it's most (in)famous characters, then they are more likely to create new settings and new characters that I will enjoy. If they harm the brand by ignoring what most fans enjoy, then we all lose because we won't magically be getting redos of other classic settings or brand-new settings if the main game and setting fail. A successful FR is a successful D&D that will open up space for supplements that go beyond vanilla fantasy. Embrace the Realms, even if you don't read the novels or play the setting. [/QUOTE]
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