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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smerwin29" data-source="post: 3822507" data-attributes="member: 15050">On the topic of the RPGA running a Living FR campaign and its effect on the development of and continuing relevance to the FR setting, I think it is wise to not overstate things in either direction, especially with all the misinformation and prejudice about the organization out there already.No one knows for sure how the Living FR campaign is going to integrate with the development of the setting, probably not even the people at RPGA HQ.  The only public statement concerning this I am aware of was made by RPGA Content Manager Chris Tulach at GenCon 2007, where he said something to this effect: there was buy-in on the campaign from the Novels department, and wouldn't it be cool if the characters in a novel took one path, and the PCs in a Living FR adventure got to take the other path.  Some have complained that the whole FR concept for 4e is being done because of the RPGA.  That is laughable.  The RPGA does not have that sort of power within WotC.On the other hand, let's not understate the value of the RPGA to WotC, and not just as a marketing and OP vehicle.  The RPGA is at the vanguard of 4e playtesting for a reason, and the Novels department at WotC is enthusiastic about RPGA interaction for a reason.  The RPGA membership is large and diverse, and it is ever-growing.  The RPGA play environment is one of the few good ways that WotC has to see in a reliable manner how the game is being played and what the players think about things on a large scale.  It is one of the few ways that, if WotC wanted to let players help dictate the direction of a setting's development, they could do that.  Yes, there are other ways they could do it, but none that WotC has as much control over and easy access to.So while what happens in the RPGA does not--and should not--affect what happens in a home campaign or drive the development of the setting, people should not be surprised if an RPGA-run campaign does have an impact on a setting or the peripherals.</blockquote>

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