D&D General "I have Played in or Run a Campaign Set in the Forgotten Realms" (a poll)

[delericho]

Sort of. I ran a "campaign" there that lasted all of two sessions before collapsing. And I guess "Storm King's Thunder" is set there, though we largely ignored the wider setting so it might as well have been Fantasy Lands of Generica.

 

[Umbran]

Nominally, yes.

I say "nominally" because this has been while running/playing WotC published adventures for which FR is the default. However, in these, there's been very little reference to the world at large - the focus has been local.

Like, playing Dragon of Icespire Peak, all the action took place within about 50 miles of Phandalin, and never entered a larger population center than Phandalin. How much is it "in world X" if you stay inside a little bubble that could have really been on any world?

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

Yep. Half my table are pretty extreme FR lore nerds, and I have no problem using a gently modded and Elminster-filtered FR for my campaigns.

 

[J.Quondam]

Technically true, but (as several other posters have said already) only insofar as they were campaigns/adventures in generic fantasy-land where I/GM didn't bother reskinning and renaming things (eg, LMoP).
I've never run/played (and have zero interest in) a "canon" game involving the major named NPCs, the big cities, the world-shattering events, etc.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I have played 3 times and run twice... you could not pay me to run again... I might play if a DM has a great pitch...

I veto most FR concepts out the gate.

 

[Stormonu]

I think actually the first one I've done is "Mines of Phandelver". Which is funny, since I've had FR since the grey box, and picked up pretty much every D&D FR product that's come out.

I just prefer Greyhawk or my homebrew, I guess.

 

[Lord Shark]

Never played it. I just don't find it very interesting as fantasy worlds go.

 

[Voadam]

I have played in multiple games set in the Forgotten Realms. When I was running campaign settings straight I mostly did Greyhawk and Ravenloft and left the Realms to be my friends' domain to run.

I like a lot of elements of the Realms, but mostly just incorporate stuff into my mashup homebrew setting as a DM. I particularly like a lot of god elements and include them as distinct pantheons in my setting. Red Wizards are some of my favorite D&D villains although I have not used them a lot in my games (Hazlik in Ravenloft came up occasionally).

 

[payn]

True. Forgettable Realms is so far reaching its hard to imagine anyone has not.

 

[James Gasik]

The Forgotten Realms was my setting of choice in 2e, thanks to some really great setting books (like the 1e boxed set and Forgotten Realms Adventures)...ah, I miss setting books. I completely devoured the lore, and have been known to go to Candlekeep to figure out lore-friendly names for PC's, lol.

Eventually, though, the sheer weight of all the stuff going on in the novels, bolted-on sub-settings, and many, many supplements of dubious value (I mean, did we really need Warriors and Priests of the Realms?), let alone playing in other eras of history (I liked Netheril Empire of Magic and Cormanthyr Empire of Elves, but I totally admit it Arcane Age was a bizarre concept), I ditched the Realms, and didn't come back until 4e- ironic, since 4e made a mess of the Realms, but I was playing a lot of Living Forgotten Realms at the time.

Now? I really don't care for the setting at all, and only acquired the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide because of it's player-facing content (even as, paradoxically, I often complain about no setting updates for the heartlands, Cormyr, or the Sea of Fallen Stars...).