FR Update at WotC-Year of the Ageless One

[Walking Dad]

Have they confirmed an absence of gnomes?

No, but in the "first" Core Books there will only be a monster write-up.
And the Flash-Video Gnome was not very FR...

 

[delericho]

As an aside, why do people who have no interest, as they themselves state, in the Realms feel the need to post in a Realms specific topic about how they don't play they Realms?

In my case, it was because the changes are largely being done to draw in new players, so my stating that these changes weren't going to make me any more likely to play in the Realms was relevant.

 

[delericho]

It's not about creativity, it's about realizing reality and learning from mistakes. Races without a clear vision suck. So, we eject the gnomes and maybe bring them back later when we can do it better. Bards in 3e blow. So, we'll chuck them to make room for the stuff that people actually want to play and maybe bring them back later when they can be done right. Unther wasn't being used by FR fans. Yoink, out it goes and we'll put in a mysterious Dragon born nation and culture in this under used space.

If something isn't working, you don't keep it, you fix it. Sometimes you can fix something without radically changing it and sometimes, you just have to buy something new. They've decided that going with something new is the way to go.

True. It will, however, be interesting to see what they do with Realms 5e, when they decide to drop Dragonborn because no one was using them.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

True. It will, however, be interesting to see what they do with Realms 5e, when they decide to drop Dragonborn because no one was using them.

Hehehehe. You may be right there. I suspect Dragonborn will spank Half-Orcs in terms of "raging unpopularity", myself, but then perhaps I underestimate the number of wannabe/quasi-dragon-furries in the world. I have to say, I've never played with anyone who I think would find the concept of the Dragonborn cool or particularly interesting.

 

[Walking Dad]

True. It will, however, be interesting to see what they do with Realms 5e, when they decide to drop Dragonborn because no one was using them.

The same they did to half-orcs, gnomes, aasimar, Unther?

 

[ferratus]

If I wasn't planning to use lizardfolk as a major race in my campaign world anyway, I certainly wouldn't use them.

Maybe we should do a poll of "Do you plan to play a Dragonborn" and see what percentage we get.

 

[Fenes]

A real dragon would be something else, but some lizard with two legs? No, thanks.

 

[Walking Dad]

A real dragon would be something else, but some lizard with two legs? No, thanks.

From solo-monster to solo-group character?

 

[ferratus]

Hey, don't laugh, I used a red wyrmling dragon to play through the first adventure of the Cauldron adventure path of Dragon Magazine with my wife. With the high AC, decent attack bonus, and rechargeable area of effect spell (breath weapon), she was actually quite effective.

She didn't clear out the dungeon all in one go, but she probably cleaned out the dungeon sooner than a party of 1-3 level PC's would, who would have to rest for all their spellcasters. She on the other hand, was able to keep going with the healing potions she found.

This actually could be a viable style of gaming play for people who don't get to play D&D very often because they lack players in the area, or simply can't make their schedules match up with other couples. Use a Solo Monster, match the monster level to a lower adventure level, and see how well a monster can go through the adventure.

 

[Fenes]

I was more thinking of that "Council of Wyrms" setting - or of playing a young dragon in a high level campaign.