D&D 5E How do you feel about the Forgotten Realms?

[Boarstorm]

I find it kind of boring, honestly.

I like my worlds to either be edgier (Dark Sun, maybe some aspects of Birthright) or more Pulpy (Spelljammer, Eberron).

I realize the two don't mix.

 

[Joe Liker]

I voted "like."

I love it as a setting for novels, but I'm neutral about playing in the setting. I don't like DMing in the setting because there's too much homework involved.

 

[ranger69]

This is a much-loved setting, and has a had a massive influence on D&D. However, it would not be my first choice for a campaign. However, being time poor, I may have to use the Realms because that seems to be where the current WOTC campaign books are set.

 

[CubeB]

Meh.

My favorite thing about the Forgotten Realms is that it interfaces directly with Planescpae without any effort, but then that applies to most D&D campaign settings.

I prefer settings like Planescape or Eberron. Or failing that, making my own setting. With blackjack.

 

[The Crimson Binome]

There's way, way, way too much magic for my liking.

Spellcasters are supposed to be rare in a world, and exponentially more rare as they increase in power. Forgotten Realms has a city that's run by an entire council of epic level wizards, and that is just one example of how the setting is over saturated with magic. I just can't get into it.

 

[casterblaster]

I never understood why people get so hung up on the cannon. Play with or ignore it. I get that some players are familiar with it and could possibly contradict the DM's vision, but your the DM make it yours. Im lucky enough to DM for a couple of casual gamers who never cracked a source book or novel open. I also don't feel like there's a lot of homework involved with it. I have the 94 box set, skimmed the 3e core book, and gasped at 4e. High level NPCs? I see it as a way to keep PCs who want to destroy a town in check, and if I don't want them to be higher level they wont be. I like the Realms it what I started playing in and its the type of world I want to run my games in.

 

[Agamon]

I like it because it's "generic D&D". If I play D&D, I want to play in a D&D setting. If I want to play in a not-D&D setting, I'll not play D&D, but play something else. Too many great RPGs out there to just keep trying to reinvent D&D by trying to stick it in a non-D&D-shaped hole.

 

[sgtscott658]

This......

I never understood why people get so hung up on the cannon. Play with or ignore it. I get that some players are familiar with it and could possibly contradict the DM's vision, but your the DM make it yours. Im lucky enough to DM for a couple of casual gamers who never cracked a source book or novel open. I also don't feel like there's a lot of homework involved with it. I have the 94 box set, skimmed the 3e core book, and gasped at 4e. High level NPCs? I see it as a way to keep PCs who want to destroy a town in check, and if I don't want them to be higher level they wont be. I like the Realms it what I started playing in and its the type of world I want to run my games in.

I plan to do the same in my campaign, plus I am using the 3.x FRCS for my campaign, so this HotDQ will be set before the sundering. As the DM it is my version of FR, not novels or later editions. <cough 4E cough>

Anyway, I like FR for the detailed locations and cool names like Cormyr or Neverwinter or Waterdeep. Each with some very colorful NPC's. I remember from a campaign I ran several years ago in FR, the Players met Elminster, I RP'ed him as a Jack Nickleson type from Anger Management. That was fun.

Scott

 

[dagger]

I like it but I play in the 1e/2e version of the realms, even in 5e. 4e never happened and never will.

 

[Zardnaar]

Used to like it, Spellplague killed it for me switched to Gloarion and Mystara for generic RPG feel.