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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 4418710" data-attributes="member: 14197">Actually, for me, it has nothing to do with intolerable people and human interactions at that level.&nbsp; It is about being comfortable enough to DM a setting where I might have players that know more about what is &quot;supposed&quot; to be there than I do.&nbsp; Many times it's not about obsessed historians or about excited, knowledgeable players or even about pedantic fanboys.&nbsp; It's about setting expectations about what is canon and what is not, and when I don't know what I don't know, I cannot set an appropriate expectation.As I said, it's not fair to the players, the DM, or the setting.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe they should have just kept the Realms they way it is and created another setting. So now they they would have to support FR, Eberron, New Setting and PoL generic as settings and that's a lot of work.&nbsp; Just look at the conversion articles for running this or that adventure in FR and Eberron.Or they can just leave the Realms alone and no longer support it, and create a new setting for 4e.&nbsp; But then they wouldn't be working to monetize a known property.&nbsp; And the fans would REALLY be up in arms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 4418710, member: 14197"] Actually, for me, it has nothing to do with intolerable people and human interactions at that level. It is about being comfortable enough to DM a setting where I might have players that know more about what is "supposed" to be there than I do. Many times it's not about obsessed historians or about excited, knowledgeable players or even about pedantic fanboys. It's about setting expectations about what is canon and what is not, and when I don't know what I don't know, I cannot set an appropriate expectation. As I said, it's not fair to the players, the DM, or the setting. Maybe they should have just kept the Realms they way it is and created another setting. So now they they would have to support FR, Eberron, New Setting and PoL generic as settings and that's a lot of work. Just look at the conversion articles for running this or that adventure in FR and Eberron. Or they can just leave the Realms alone and no longer support it, and create a new setting for 4e. But then they wouldn't be working to monetize a known property. And the fans would REALLY be up in arms. [/QUOTE]

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