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<blockquote data-quote="Razuur" data-source="post: 6418356" data-attributes="member: 1997"><p>I loved the grey box in the 1980s and the original 16 or so gazeteers. I pretty much played with that for a decade. It was *my* Realms back then with enough detail to inspire, and enough openness to make my own. Honestly, I missed most of the 2e Realms stuff, and never really read many of the FR novels, because they didn't feel like *my* realms. I picked up the 3e core and liked it, but didn't like all of the gonzo magic - genasi as PCs? just walking around? Didn't really fit my style, but I could still keep what I wanted, and dump the rest. That said, I never really played much in the Realms during 3e.</p><p></p><p>The Realms have the same problem that DnD has - there are a wide variety of play styles, and whenever the system attempts to enforce one over the other, they lose folks. The realms ARE the archetypical DnD, and like DnD they shoudl start with generic, and then provide optional styles to plug in. And it doesn't help that they are so tied to the novels.</p><p></p><p>Now I have enjoyed reading the 5e stuff so far. I am trying to make this a fresh start. I am excited about gaming with 5e and gaming in the Realms again -- and making it mine. I don't want 5e to take that away from me. Right now is a wipe the slate clean moment for me, and build it the way I want. I want the line to give me options and ideas, not dictate. I am going to set it back before the "time of troubles" and essentially reboot the realms and make them mine. I would love it if 5e would do that as well and basically start over with plug and play goodness.</p><p></p><p>P.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Razuur, post: 6418356, member: 1997"] I loved the grey box in the 1980s and the original 16 or so gazeteers. I pretty much played with that for a decade. It was *my* Realms back then with enough detail to inspire, and enough openness to make my own. Honestly, I missed most of the 2e Realms stuff, and never really read many of the FR novels, because they didn't feel like *my* realms. I picked up the 3e core and liked it, but didn't like all of the gonzo magic - genasi as PCs? just walking around? Didn't really fit my style, but I could still keep what I wanted, and dump the rest. That said, I never really played much in the Realms during 3e. The Realms have the same problem that DnD has - there are a wide variety of play styles, and whenever the system attempts to enforce one over the other, they lose folks. The realms ARE the archetypical DnD, and like DnD they shoudl start with generic, and then provide optional styles to plug in. And it doesn't help that they are so tied to the novels. Now I have enjoyed reading the 5e stuff so far. I am trying to make this a fresh start. I am excited about gaming with 5e and gaming in the Realms again -- and making it mine. I don't want 5e to take that away from me. Right now is a wipe the slate clean moment for me, and build it the way I want. I want the line to give me options and ideas, not dictate. I am going to set it back before the "time of troubles" and essentially reboot the realms and make them mine. I would love it if 5e would do that as well and basically start over with plug and play goodness. P. [/QUOTE]
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