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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 3777227" data-attributes="member: 4134">Many of them are no "Vanilla Fantasy". Sure, FR is Vanilla Fantasy - just like GreyHawk.But it's not like all those other Vanilla Fantasy worlds that are out there in countless novels, RPGs, computer games, and movies. There are several things that set it apart:Deities that are actively involved in the day-to-day business, who scheme among themselves, and so on.Talking of deities: The sheer number of them is quite rare. While other settings have maybe 12, the Realms have over 100. Also, there's different pantheons, not just many gods. Some of them moved in from our earth (because the two worlds were supposed to be linked back in the day.)The Weave: You don't just cast magic, you access the Weave, which is like an interface between spellcaster and raw magic. That's just three examples. Two of them will probably be gone in 4e: There will be no more weave - wizards will probably just use "mana" - and it sounds as if there won't be more gods than in other settings. The Realms lose many of the things that set it apart from other Vanilla Fantasy worlds.</blockquote>