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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6788174" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>Having a character or even an entire campaign devoted to the tearing down of the Wall of the Faithless is not equal to actually changing the setting anymore than having a character who wants to tear down the Zhentarim or Thay is.</p><p></p><p>First off, who's to say they will or even can succeed? Perhaps it is just a characteristic of a PC, but is simply beyond him, and he knows it. Perhaps it is a goal that a group of characters seeks, but ultimately fail to achieve. </p><p></p><p>Second, it's not the single defining characteristic that makes the Forgotten Realms the Forgotten Realms. In fact, I'd say that the Wall of the Faithless would be pretty far down most folks' lists of Forgotten Realms lore. </p><p></p><p>The Sorcerer Kings of Athas are far more important to that setting than the Wall of the Faithless is to FR, and yet many Dark Sun campaigns are likely devoted to tearing them down. That doesn't change the setting.</p><p></p><p>Some aspects of any setting are designed to be challenged. You don't see the Wall of the Faithless and by extension the whole FR afterlife structure as being one of those things. I get that...it's a valid view and I can understand why you'd feel that way. However, I think folks have made pretty compelling cases on why the Wall could be one of those setting features that is meant to be challenged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 6788174, member: 6785785"] Having a character or even an entire campaign devoted to the tearing down of the Wall of the Faithless is not equal to actually changing the setting anymore than having a character who wants to tear down the Zhentarim or Thay is. First off, who's to say they will or even can succeed? Perhaps it is just a characteristic of a PC, but is simply beyond him, and he knows it. Perhaps it is a goal that a group of characters seeks, but ultimately fail to achieve. Second, it's not the single defining characteristic that makes the Forgotten Realms the Forgotten Realms. In fact, I'd say that the Wall of the Faithless would be pretty far down most folks' lists of Forgotten Realms lore. The Sorcerer Kings of Athas are far more important to that setting than the Wall of the Faithless is to FR, and yet many Dark Sun campaigns are likely devoted to tearing them down. That doesn't change the setting. Some aspects of any setting are designed to be challenged. You don't see the Wall of the Faithless and by extension the whole FR afterlife structure as being one of those things. I get that...it's a valid view and I can understand why you'd feel that way. However, I think folks have made pretty compelling cases on why the Wall could be one of those setting features that is meant to be challenged. [/QUOTE]
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