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<blockquote data-quote="outsider" data-source="post: 3994839" data-attributes="member: 54690">There was a trend in Second Edition(though I think it actually started in 1st.)&nbsp; They put the focus on worldbuilding and storytelling instead of gaming.&nbsp; Basically, they'd create an awesome setting with great npcs and full of cool things to do.&nbsp; They would then immediately proceed to have the npcs do all the cool things as the pcs stood around and watched, leaving nothing for the pcs to do and basically ruining the setting as far as gaming in it goes.&nbsp; It was a common complaint about Dragonlance.&nbsp; The Avatar Trilogy in the Forgotten Realms was another good example of it.&nbsp; Dark Sun is the setting that was most hurt by it though.&nbsp; They basically rendered the focus of the campaign boxed set(Tyr) completely useless with the very first novel and module.I think the Dark Sun fans overall feel really burnt by this.&nbsp; I constantly see people suggesting a retcon back to the original boxed set.&nbsp; I don't recall ever seeing anybody argue against it.&nbsp; If they wouldn't retcon it, at the very least they should provide information on playing in the timeline of the original boxed set as well as the post Prism Pentad timeline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="outsider, post: 3994839, member: 54690"] There was a trend in Second Edition(though I think it actually started in 1st.) They put the focus on worldbuilding and storytelling instead of gaming. Basically, they'd create an awesome setting with great npcs and full of cool things to do. They would then immediately proceed to have the npcs do all the cool things as the pcs stood around and watched, leaving nothing for the pcs to do and basically ruining the setting as far as gaming in it goes. It was a common complaint about Dragonlance. The Avatar Trilogy in the Forgotten Realms was another good example of it. Dark Sun is the setting that was most hurt by it though. They basically rendered the focus of the campaign boxed set(Tyr) completely useless with the very first novel and module. I think the Dark Sun fans overall feel really burnt by this. I constantly see people suggesting a retcon back to the original boxed set. I don't recall ever seeing anybody argue against it. If they wouldn't retcon it, at the very least they should provide information on playing in the timeline of the original boxed set as well as the post Prism Pentad timeline. [/QUOTE]

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