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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlackMoria" data-source="post: 3947901" data-attributes="member: 424">I would do something like what the Star Trek franchise has done.  Old Grey box would be like Star Trek, the original seriesThe current realms campaign setting would equal to Star Trek: The Next Generation.The 4e Realms would be equal to Star Trek: Deep Space 9Like the FR setting itself, each Star Trek series had its adherents and detractors.  I would let each play in their own sandbox.So call the 4e Realms - The Forgotten Realms: Dark Age (for example)That keeps the existing Realms largely unaffected for those who want it the way it is now.Forgotten Realms: Dark Age would be for those people who don't like the current setting and what a fresh look.  The Forgotten Realms name in the title maintains the product identity for marketing but shows it isn't just a new re-release of the FR campaign setting.Having two settings would allow for crossovers (it was done in the Star Trek series) if people wanted.  Supporting two FR settings wouldn't be any more difficult than supporting two completely unrelated campaign setting.Here is just one way I would look at how to do it.  Realms lore states the Sundering inadvertently separated Abeir-Toril into just Toril.  The current campaign setting is the stories and history of Toril.  I would make the new campaign setting the stories and history of the missing Abeir (which can be anything since nothing about Abeir after the sundering was ever put into a game product.</blockquote>

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