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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3122736" data-attributes="member: 16077">I don't want to sound like a jerk, but I just don't see what the draw is for Bruce Cordell that everyone goes ga-ga - I've never found anything of his to be a "WOW!" moment for me.  His work is solid, and I enjoy it, but it doesn't have the wow factor for me.Perhaps I'm just too demanding, but I've never really found *any* of the 3.x stuff to be 100% solid.  With the exception of the Forgotten Realms stuff, I tend to find myself looking at every WotC title and weighing how much of the book is worth a purchase - I ignored Spell Compendium and looked at Complete Mage and put it back on the shelf within 5 minutes, but Power of Faerun had me reading the book on the way up to the store checkout.I *do* tend to really enjoy non-official stuff (hint - keep Krash busy...  His stuff on the Candlekeep site is great, and his article on Impiltur is a good start - we need more.  I also liked the article on The Hordelands - keep 'em coming...  Another hint - take a look at Jerry Davis's efforts on Cormyr's military - his stuff warrants an expansion and being published in Dragon.)Ok - sorry to go off topic.  I prefer my Far Realms to be heavily influenced by Lovecraftian elements.  Perhaps Chaosium doesn't want to do d20.  Ok.  I'd rather buy a Far Realms book from them statted for CoC and make d20 stats, than buy a WotC book that spend way too much space on spells, feats, and prestige classes, and nowhere near enough time on the Far Realms and their denizens.  One interesting thing - the one solid part of the ELH was the monsters section - plenty of those abominations would fit perfcectly in the Far Realms.Actually, Necromancer, Goodman, or Green Ronin might be able to do a really good job of it, with d20 stats already there.</blockquote>

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