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<blockquote data-quote="renau1g" data-source="post: 5158111" data-attributes="member: 54810">Funny you should say that...they did have Ed contribute, although I am not sure the extent of his efforts on it.[ame=http://www.amazon.ca/Forgotten-Realms-Campaign-Guide-Supplement/dp/0786949244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1271774632&amp;sr=8-1]Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide: A 4th Edition D&amp;D Supplement: Amazon.ca: Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims, Philip Athans: Books[/ame]That said, I lament the changes personally, especially in LFR as that setting is cold and without any sort of personality now, just another POL setting, yes it is the 4e standard, but they didn't drop a nuke onto Eberron to get it to fit. I think the Spellplague or something like it was necessary to remove the high-level casters that essentially did all the big jobs (Elminster, looking at you), but don't see the need for the return of Abeir, makes no sense... It added nothing to the setting and removed much of the neat aspects of the world (Maztica anyone?). Nothing you can do though, it's already done, so a few choices:1) play it as WoTC published it, in the ram the changes down your throat method2) play 4e rules, but with the 3e supplement (my favourite fluff product ever published)3) change settingsUnfortunately, none of these are great options, but they needed to sell book and fit 4e tropes into the setting so they did what they did...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="renau1g, post: 5158111, member: 54810"] Funny you should say that...they did have Ed contribute, although I am not sure the extent of his efforts on it. [ame=http://www.amazon.ca/Forgotten-Realms-Campaign-Guide-Supplement/dp/0786949244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271774632&sr=8-1]Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement: Amazon.ca: Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims, Philip Athans: Books[/ame] That said, I lament the changes personally, especially in LFR as that setting is cold and without any sort of personality now, just another POL setting, yes it is the 4e standard, but they didn't drop a nuke onto Eberron to get it to fit. I think the Spellplague or something like it was necessary to remove the high-level casters that essentially did all the big jobs (Elminster, looking at you), but don't see the need for the return of Abeir, makes no sense... It added nothing to the setting and removed much of the neat aspects of the world (Maztica anyone?). Nothing you can do though, it's already done, so a few choices: 1) play it as WoTC published it, in the ram the changes down your throat method 2) play 4e rules, but with the 3e supplement (my favourite fluff product ever published) 3) change settings Unfortunately, none of these are great options, but they needed to sell book and fit 4e tropes into the setting so they did what they did... [/QUOTE]

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