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<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 1496614" data-attributes="member: 14403">Now I like the Forgotten Realms as much as the next guy.&nbsp; The majority of the time that I've played D&amp;D has been using the FR setting.&nbsp; I don't think I'd be amiss in saying that it is the &quot;Real&quot; default setting for D&amp;D in terms of support.&nbsp; Greyhawk just hasn't had much support beyond what is written in Polyhedron magazine.&nbsp; There is more support material out there for Forgotten Realms than you can shake a stick at.&nbsp; There is also computer support out there for it too, the Forgotten Realms Atlas (if you can find it) has detailed maps of just about every location in the realms that you can print out for your use.However...My single biggest complaint is that there have been SO many novels written for it.&nbsp; If you have members of your group that have read several of them it can be like a casual Star Trek watcher trying to run a Star Trek game for a Trekkie.&nbsp; &quot;I want to go to Icewind Dale and spar with Drizzt&quot; is something you may hear.&nbsp; If you've never read the Icewind Dale or Dark Elf trilogies you may be asking yourself &quot;Who the dickens is Drizzt?&quot;.&nbsp; My other complaint is the overabundance of heros.&nbsp; Realistically speaking no great evil could ever befall the realms when you have the likes of Elminster and Khelben Blackstaff there to save the day.&nbsp; In the event that the players get in over their heads they know that someone will save the day... maybe not them but one of the heros of the realms will pick up where they left off.&nbsp; This is the big reason I switched to Midnight... there is no one else.&nbsp; The players really are the last hope.Edit:&nbsp; Oh yeah, you might check out Freeport by Green Ronin.&nbsp; It is a very detailed city that can be dropped into any larger setting.&nbsp; However, it is detailed enough that an entire campaign can be run without ever leaving Freeport.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 1496614, member: 14403"] Now I like the Forgotten Realms as much as the next guy. The majority of the time that I've played D&D has been using the FR setting. I don't think I'd be amiss in saying that it is the "Real" default setting for D&D in terms of support. Greyhawk just hasn't had much support beyond what is written in Polyhedron magazine. There is more support material out there for Forgotten Realms than you can shake a stick at. There is also computer support out there for it too, the Forgotten Realms Atlas (if you can find it) has detailed maps of just about every location in the realms that you can print out for your use. However... My single biggest complaint is that there have been SO many novels written for it. If you have members of your group that have read several of them it can be like a casual Star Trek watcher trying to run a Star Trek game for a Trekkie. "I want to go to Icewind Dale and spar with Drizzt" is something you may hear. If you've never read the Icewind Dale or Dark Elf trilogies you may be asking yourself "Who the dickens is Drizzt?". My other complaint is the overabundance of heros. Realistically speaking no great evil could ever befall the realms when you have the likes of Elminster and Khelben Blackstaff there to save the day. In the event that the players get in over their heads they know that [I]someone[/I] will save the day... maybe not them but one of the heros of the realms will pick up where they left off. This is the big reason I switched to Midnight... there is no one else. The players really are the last hope. Edit: Oh yeah, you might check out [B]Freeport[/B] by Green Ronin. It is a very detailed [I]city [/I] that can be dropped into any larger setting. However, it is detailed enough that an entire campaign can be run without ever leaving Freeport. [/QUOTE]

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