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<blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 5428781" data-attributes="member: 9225">Good points about the Realms. As I mentioned in another thread, event-driven Things That Change Everything every year, and arcs that were tightly bound to a few real protagonists was not just a 90s RPG thing, but a 90s nerd property thing. Remember Marvel's Heroes Reborn? That stuff. (Marvel still does big events, but they tend to be more aware of consequences and avoid treating as many characters as chaff. Plus, Marvel and DC now allow some looser and alternate continuities to be more than novelties.)So no, nothing like the old Time of Troubles, but yeah, there should be Elminster and Drizzt and yes, many areas that are pretty well detailed. But along with these, we need wild areas and clear direction as to how they interact with PC protagonists.Have you ever read White Wolf's Scion? It does an excellent job of presenting its setting along with canon NPCs *and* sample characters, along with a major story arc that happens to *also* be the included campaign. So even though there are many indications as to what happen's to Thor's son, we go into knowing that Thor's kid is a placeholder for my PC. That works great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eyebeams, post: 5428781, member: 9225"] Good points about the Realms. As I mentioned in another thread, event-driven Things That Change Everything every year, and arcs that were tightly bound to a few real protagonists was not just a 90s RPG thing, but a 90s nerd property thing. Remember Marvel's Heroes Reborn? That stuff. (Marvel still does big events, but they tend to be more aware of consequences and avoid treating as many characters as chaff. Plus, Marvel and DC now allow some looser and alternate continuities to be more than novelties.) So no, nothing like the old Time of Troubles, but yeah, there should be Elminster and Drizzt and yes, many areas that are pretty well detailed. But along with these, we need wild areas and clear direction as to how they interact with PC protagonists. Have you ever read White Wolf's Scion? It does an excellent job of presenting its setting along with canon NPCs *and* sample characters, along with a major story arc that happens to *also* be the included campaign. So even though there are many indications as to what happen's to Thor's son, we go into knowing that Thor's kid is a placeholder for my PC. That works great. [/QUOTE]

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