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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3959557" data-attributes="member: 22779">The problem is, Orius, is that the Realms carries all sorts of baggage.&nbsp; Far and away more than Greyhawk.&nbsp; Putting FR as the core setting will actively piss off a very large number of people who loathe FR.&nbsp; Yes, there is a group that loves FR, but, there's not a huge group in the middle.&nbsp; Reactions to FR always seem to be a bit more polemic than not.KM:Granted, in core you don't see them, but, how many racial feats are there in 3e?&nbsp; Hundreds?&nbsp; All based squarely on the idea of core elves.&nbsp; I'm not seeing the difference.Take the racial weapons as another example.&nbsp; Why do elves get free bows and longswords?&nbsp; That's straight in core.&nbsp; The only difference is now race actually matters beyond first level.&nbsp; You don't need any extra material for race, because the only time race matters is at chargen.&nbsp; After that, it doesn't matter at all.&nbsp; All races advance exactly the same - through class.&nbsp; Now, your choice of class matters beyond 1st level.&nbsp; It actually matters if your fighter is an elf or a tiefling when he hits 4th level.&nbsp; Previously, it didn't.&nbsp; So, we need a fair bit more material in the PHB tied to the races than we did before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3959557, member: 22779"] The problem is, Orius, is that the Realms carries all sorts of baggage. Far and away more than Greyhawk. Putting FR as the core setting will actively piss off a very large number of people who loathe FR. Yes, there is a group that loves FR, but, there's not a huge group in the middle. Reactions to FR always seem to be a bit more polemic than not. KM: Granted, in core you don't see them, but, how many racial feats are there in 3e? Hundreds? All based squarely on the idea of core elves. I'm not seeing the difference. Take the racial weapons as another example. Why do elves get free bows and longswords? That's straight in core. The only difference is now race actually matters beyond first level. You don't need any extra material for race, because the only time race matters is at chargen. After that, it doesn't matter at all. All races advance exactly the same - through class. Now, your choice of class matters beyond 1st level. It actually matters if your fighter is an elf or a tiefling when he hits 4th level. Previously, it didn't. So, we need a fair bit more material in the PHB tied to the races than we did before. [/QUOTE]

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