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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8949952" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>Hmmm. </p><p></p><p>I think I’d do a best of sort of reboot. </p><p></p><p>Kelemvor stays, including the legend of him having once been a cursed human. </p><p></p><p>Mystra, Mystryl, and Midnight, are the three-formed goddess of magic, secrets, and divination, similar to Hecate but very FR. </p><p></p><p>Combine elements of various catastrophes into a “Sundering”, that preserves things like the current Unther/Tymanchabar situation, the existence of 3 dead evil gods that have found sneaky ways to not be dead, and other stuff that I happen to like from the various catastrophes without needing a whole chapter of info on all of them. Just one event, maybe 100 years ago, that is one of the setting’s hooks, and has no canon explanation. </p><p></p><p>Keep the 4e prominence of genasi, Dragonborn, and tieflings, and the 5e Acquisitions Incorporated stuff. </p><p></p><p>Keep Maztica but rewrite it from the ground up to be a Mesoamerican inspired region but with Amnian and Calimsham trade bastions on the coast that were often the focal point of Amnian war-crimes until a broad revolution of those cities that left them independent and working to find a new path into the future. </p><p></p><p>The Lords Alliance has been in place for a few centuries, is genuinely the ruling body of the Sword Coast with no accountability, and there are whispers of revolution along the Sword Coast. </p><p></p><p>Mask is the god of thieves, avengers (as in assassins who kill for a cause), in contrast to Cyric who is the god of murder, hired killers, etc. </p><p></p><p>Myth Drannor is more like 4e than 2e. </p><p></p><p>There are earthmotes, airships, etc, and the smokepowder firearms that have shown up in 5e adventures. </p><p></p><p>Netheril is back, but there is a rebellious faction, and the people of the region didn’t just decide “we’re Netherese now”, they’ve kept a lot of thier culture and influenced Netherese culture especially in the cities other than the main flying city, which is rename Night or soemthing, I’ve always hated the city of shade. </p><p></p><p>Focus just as much on the heartlands and sea of fallen stars as on the Sword Coast. </p><p></p><p>Kingdom of Many Arrows is a thriving state that welcomes outcasts and regularly challenges the Lords Alliance. </p><p></p><p>Lolthite Drow are basically Drow supremecist extremists, while other Drow focus on other of the dark seldarine. Related, only Llolth is exiled from the seldarine. Her children have a tenuous place there, and Eilistraee is a consort of Sehanine. </p><p></p><p>I’d reduce emphasis on a lot of the primary gods, recontextualize them as human, halfling, genasi, etc gods, and make the primary deities a mix of different folks’ gods, like Sehanine is the primary moon deity, and Selune is the human moon goddess, etc. </p><p></p><p>Rework the big NPCs as the kind of characters whose prime is past or who are running organizations now or the like, and who just aren’t the sort of beings you’d go find to go fix the demon incursion, but rather who might recruit you to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8949952, member: 6704184"] Hmmm. I think I’d do a best of sort of reboot. Kelemvor stays, including the legend of him having once been a cursed human. Mystra, Mystryl, and Midnight, are the three-formed goddess of magic, secrets, and divination, similar to Hecate but very FR. Combine elements of various catastrophes into a “Sundering”, that preserves things like the current Unther/Tymanchabar situation, the existence of 3 dead evil gods that have found sneaky ways to not be dead, and other stuff that I happen to like from the various catastrophes without needing a whole chapter of info on all of them. Just one event, maybe 100 years ago, that is one of the setting’s hooks, and has no canon explanation. Keep the 4e prominence of genasi, Dragonborn, and tieflings, and the 5e Acquisitions Incorporated stuff. Keep Maztica but rewrite it from the ground up to be a Mesoamerican inspired region but with Amnian and Calimsham trade bastions on the coast that were often the focal point of Amnian war-crimes until a broad revolution of those cities that left them independent and working to find a new path into the future. The Lords Alliance has been in place for a few centuries, is genuinely the ruling body of the Sword Coast with no accountability, and there are whispers of revolution along the Sword Coast. Mask is the god of thieves, avengers (as in assassins who kill for a cause), in contrast to Cyric who is the god of murder, hired killers, etc. Myth Drannor is more like 4e than 2e. There are earthmotes, airships, etc, and the smokepowder firearms that have shown up in 5e adventures. Netheril is back, but there is a rebellious faction, and the people of the region didn’t just decide “we’re Netherese now”, they’ve kept a lot of thier culture and influenced Netherese culture especially in the cities other than the main flying city, which is rename Night or soemthing, I’ve always hated the city of shade. Focus just as much on the heartlands and sea of fallen stars as on the Sword Coast. Kingdom of Many Arrows is a thriving state that welcomes outcasts and regularly challenges the Lords Alliance. Lolthite Drow are basically Drow supremecist extremists, while other Drow focus on other of the dark seldarine. Related, only Llolth is exiled from the seldarine. Her children have a tenuous place there, and Eilistraee is a consort of Sehanine. I’d reduce emphasis on a lot of the primary gods, recontextualize them as human, halfling, genasi, etc gods, and make the primary deities a mix of different folks’ gods, like Sehanine is the primary moon deity, and Selune is the human moon goddess, etc. Rework the big NPCs as the kind of characters whose prime is past or who are running organizations now or the like, and who just aren’t the sort of beings you’d go find to go fix the demon incursion, but rather who might recruit you to do it. [/QUOTE]
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