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<blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4445317" data-attributes="member: 19083"><p>That book is...<em>is</em>...sigh...In general I love 4th ed, but the FR 4th ed book is <em>excerable</em>!!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>An adventure at the <em>start </em>of the bloody book, doesn't bode well.</p><p></p><p>Then they re-do that cheap trick of the "wipe out all the spellcasters just to fit new game mechanics" foolishness, for the Realms, as folk have complained about.</p><p>I could live with it, if it was like, new, well done, which it's not.</p><p></p><p>Then they mess up the gods (So Tiamat is now Bane's lackey?!?!? In a pig's eye she is!!)</p><p></p><p>The book uses that crap paper from Keep in the Shadowfell, that smudges, in a HARDBACK?!</p><p></p><p>It's very poorly organized, compared to the 3.5 book and the gorgeous way the 4th ed core books were laid out.</p><p>I like the "threat" section at the rear, but the rest blows chunks!</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah and Khelben, my fave, gets blown up in some stupid ecological mythal experiment....oh, <em>hairy male spheres </em>!!! :/</p><p></p><p></p><p>Why did they do this?!?!</p><p></p><p>Sigh,was really hoping for something good...the recent "Swordmage" novel was enjoyable, liked way it evoked the new setting, but the FR campagin book...<em>barf</em>!!</p><p></p><p>I'm still sticking to the very <em>first </em>Realms boxed set, it had genuine charm, mystery and *STYLE*. Some may accuse it of being too Tolkein-esque. Tough.<em> What's good is good.</em></p><p>Very seriously, go look at that original boxed set, see the books, grok how it evokes the setting.</p><p></p><p>See the new book and see how it evokes <em>nothing</em>. There's no style, no atmosphere, it's just a bunch of countries and entries and...<em>zilch</em>. It has <em>no soul!</em></p><p></p><p>Realms has been "Elminsterized" to death, that damned Volo should be fed, sensitive organs first, into a gnomish <em>fibrous-tree-covering-slicer-dicer </em>! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Sorry, just horrified by that damned book. They had BETTER not do that to the Spelljammer and Dark Sun books when they come out.</p><p></p><p>No wonder the entertainment industry is in crisis: cheap common denominator does not, in the end, set up a community that has anything more than the lifespan of a fruit fly in a blast furnace.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I feel very "dwarven", so I do...sigh <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverblade The Ench, post: 4445317, member: 19083"] That book is...[I]is[/I]...sigh...In general I love 4th ed, but the FR 4th ed book is [I]excerable[/I]!!! :( An adventure at the [I]start [/I]of the bloody book, doesn't bode well. Then they re-do that cheap trick of the "wipe out all the spellcasters just to fit new game mechanics" foolishness, for the Realms, as folk have complained about. I could live with it, if it was like, new, well done, which it's not. Then they mess up the gods (So Tiamat is now Bane's lackey?!?!? In a pig's eye she is!!) The book uses that crap paper from Keep in the Shadowfell, that smudges, in a HARDBACK?! It's very poorly organized, compared to the 3.5 book and the gorgeous way the 4th ed core books were laid out. I like the "threat" section at the rear, but the rest blows chunks! Oh yeah and Khelben, my fave, gets blown up in some stupid ecological mythal experiment....oh, [I]hairy male spheres [/I]!!! :/ Why did they do this?!?! Sigh,was really hoping for something good...the recent "Swordmage" novel was enjoyable, liked way it evoked the new setting, but the FR campagin book...[I]barf[/I]!! I'm still sticking to the very [I]first [/I]Realms boxed set, it had genuine charm, mystery and *STYLE*. Some may accuse it of being too Tolkein-esque. Tough.[I] What's good is good.[/I] Very seriously, go look at that original boxed set, see the books, grok how it evokes the setting. See the new book and see how it evokes [I]nothing[/I]. There's no style, no atmosphere, it's just a bunch of countries and entries and...[I]zilch[/I]. It has [I]no soul![/I] Realms has been "Elminsterized" to death, that damned Volo should be fed, sensitive organs first, into a gnomish [I]fibrous-tree-covering-slicer-dicer [/I]! ;) Sorry, just horrified by that damned book. They had BETTER not do that to the Spelljammer and Dark Sun books when they come out. No wonder the entertainment industry is in crisis: cheap common denominator does not, in the end, set up a community that has anything more than the lifespan of a fruit fly in a blast furnace. I feel very "dwarven", so I do...sigh :p [/QUOTE]
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