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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Primal" data-source="post: 4851451" data-attributes="member: 30678">If you dislike most/all major FR NPCs (or deities), I don't know why you would want to run your games in the Realms. And I've yet to meet a FR DM who did not do any "homework", or used only marginally Realmslore in his FR campaigns.Honestly, I might be wrong, but I think a shared setting might not be ideal for you, if you don't like researching the setting or using any canon lore. It's far more easier to homebrew, if you're practically going to use your own stuff anyway -- just "steal" ideas here and there and write the rest yourself.Well, I just replaced a canon ruler of a town in my own current FR campaign because I thought he was too "bland" (plus I didn't like his name). I just rewrote the poor guy's history a bit (changed his alignment, for a start) and then had him assassinated in the campaign backstory. Although my players are very "FR-savvy", they thought it was a logical switch.And that brings me to your Silverymoon example... first of all, I *would* have a problem with names like 'Rain' (too "bland" in my books, and sounds like a nickname) and 'Fiona' (it's a RW name), just as any Eberron fan likely would if you used them as the 'King and Queen of the City of Sharn'. Whether it's 'George' or 'Fritz' or 'Ivana' or 'Bruce' or 'Fiona', I don't see these names belonging in a typical D&D setting, even less in FR than some others (Mystara is a different matter altogether). Secondly, if you used a logical, coherent reason why Lady Alustriel would be replaced by another ruler, I would accept it (a failed assassination attempt which yet manages to take her out of the picture, the creeping insanity caused by powers of the Chosen finally starting show, an important quest she had to undertake for Mystra, etcetera).But if you expect to take a published setting and run your campaigns without reading *any* material, I suggest homebrewing, because that way nobody can comment about lack of adherence to setting's canon. And, frankly, as a player I feel that a DM who doesn't want to do any research/worldbuilding should not expect me to seriously immerse myself in my characters or to overall invest my time in his campaigns.</blockquote>

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