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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7252354" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think that WotC has actually approached the content of Forgotten Realms for 5E in a very smart way. Previous editions have all been ushered in by some major event within the fiction that clearly divides what was before and what is now.With 5E, they did have a big event in the Sundering...but they’ve left its effects rather vague. They haven’t really answered what that event’s outcomes are, except when they need to for a product. This is to leave it up to the individual player groups to decide. I find that a refreshing change from prior editions. Not that there was ever a way for them to stop me from playing whatever version of the Realms that I wanted, but it’s nice to see them realize that it’s better to leave things open.My 5E campaign spans multiple worlds and planes...Realms, Greyhawk, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Golarion, Sigil....I’ve been able to do it all by using old products. This is why, although I wouldn’t hate a 5E official settig product, I thibk the game is better served by having them focus on other items. If they have a cool adventure that includes a trip to Oerth by way of Sigil? I’d be all for that in favor of a 5E Greyhawk Setting book or a veraion of Planescape. I feel like the settings have been incorporated into the cosmology established by the books. So they’re out there. I expect we’ll see them when they have an idea that makes it worthwhile.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7252354, member: 6785785"] I think that WotC has actually approached the content of Forgotten Realms for 5E in a very smart way. Previous editions have all been ushered in by some major event within the fiction that clearly divides what was before and what is now. With 5E, they did have a big event in the Sundering...but they’ve left its effects rather vague. They haven’t really answered what that event’s outcomes are, except when they need to for a product. This is to leave it up to the individual player groups to decide. I find that a refreshing change from prior editions. Not that there was ever a way for them to stop me from playing whatever version of the Realms that I wanted, but it’s nice to see them realize that it’s better to leave things open. My 5E campaign spans multiple worlds and planes...Realms, Greyhawk, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Golarion, Sigil....I’ve been able to do it all by using old products. This is why, although I wouldn’t hate a 5E official settig product, I thibk the game is better served by having them focus on other items. If they have a cool adventure that includes a trip to Oerth by way of Sigil? I’d be all for that in favor of a 5E Greyhawk Setting book or a veraion of Planescape. I feel like the settings have been incorporated into the cosmology established by the books. So they’re out there. I expect we’ll see them when they have an idea that makes it worthwhile. [/QUOTE]

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