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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 3987985" data-attributes="member: 19083">What bugs me is they always whack out the SPELLCASTERS! Why can't we have "Swordsman's Pox"...or "Rogues Pustulent Ague" etc? eh?!!It's all a plot to destroy wizards!!! Keeeeel the heathens!!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />On a more serious note, it does bug me, same with the *stupid* Time of Troubles. Sorry that just angered me big time as having Cyric, a total useless louse, taking over the power of the Dead Three made *no* sense to me at all, and he's been useless since.And again, spell casters got it in the neck...that's just cheap. Who cares HOW mechanics change, they should have no impact on an official D&D game, if the rules are D&D. :/ It's just mechanics, big deal.Ok clearing up the Realms, good. When I bought the 1st Realms boxed set, it was mysterious, wonderful place ot play...now there's nothing "forgotten" about it!! Everything is mapped, explained, ugh!! That kills a game.As for high level NPCs...and, so? Where do you think all the high level heroes retire to, but the local tavern owner? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> PCs should always be aware they can get their arses kicked, and that locals are not always "helpless ignorant yokels". 'Course it varies place to place etc.Rulers/BBEG etc don't *have* to be high level or powerful actually. Smarts, birthright etc can put them in power, not dangerosu abilities. You can have a canny low lvl expert/aristocrat on the throne, and some mean SOB guards, advisors etc who support him.The worst change IMHO, to a D&D timeline etc, was in Dark Sun, the novels etc made a total mockery of the start, garbage that I loathe to this day, because they broke a core rule of the setting: the Sorceror Kings are *extremely* BBEGs whom PCs should NOT be able to touch and should be very scared of. If you remove the SKs, slavery, harsh life etc, you muck up the setting's entire feel, and thus, kill it. Which they did. "Oh folk are free in Tyr!"...eh?!Whether the deisgners will do that to the Realms 4th ed I don't know. -Returning mystery, uncertainty etc to the Realms is good.-Removing loved characters, and folk DO love them, hero or villain, will anger people.-Slaughtering millions of Faerunian citizens...meh, as a DM...me no likey doing that!-The gods would kill Cyric, not imprison him, he's proved time and again he's a dangerous moron and incapable of his job. That's not believable. He'd be punished extremely and a capable being put in his place.-Killing Halaster in the recent Undermountain adventure narked me off no end. I really like that evil, mad old geezer! He is *FUN!* For goodness sake bring him back in 4th ed along with Undermountain, it's just too cool to eradicate <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />oh well, we'll see.</blockquote>

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