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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brother Richard" data-source="post: 4852153" data-attributes="member: 39615">My PointIn FR, many npcs are extremely high level.  An important thing to understand is that almost all rulers have power proportional to the politcal power of their nation/city/whatever.  If this is not the case, they have someone close to them who is extremely power (like Vanderghast in Cormyr)  Otherwise the extremely powerful evil people (just as powerful as those who are good) would kill that ruler instantly.  Did you actually read a about Silverymoon?  You didn't know that Alustriel is a Chosen, which would be in a book about it, and also, Silverymoon, while one city is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POLITICALLY.  it is the center of the North.  Without it, there would be huge conceuquences.  I don't feel it is the settings fault if you didn't even read a full source about the main city you are using.  i feel like you would get a similar reaction in almost any campaign setting not homebrewed.  if you want to kill rulers left and right, make a new setting, or thoroughly research what would happen in a shared setting, and if you do, you can fine interesting and far reaching conceuquences for the pcs to try to diminish.I am sorry if this seems antagonistic.  Maybe you feel that you shouldn't need to actually read much to be able to make big personalzied changes in a shared setting, but i strongly disagree in general, not just with FR.</blockquote>