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<blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1646403" data-attributes="member: 15800">You're right, it's not up to me. But I don't think WotC is in any hurry to do this. As I've said before, based on discussions I've had with the WotC designers, I doubt you'll ever see an adventure that says &quot;this is exactly what happened in the Mournland&quot; -- you might get things that MAY have been responsible, but nothing conclusive -- nothing that would force a massive change to the world. Take the power struggle between the Blood of Vol and Kaius of Karrnath. If you want to shake things up and have the Emerald Claw seize power -- with all the attendant chaos that would cause -- go for it. But I can't imagine WotC declaring &quot;Oh, Kaius has been deposed&quot; in November -- it's too major a change, and would throw off stories and plans of many DMs. The books that I know of are things like the Sharn sourcebook: providing more information for you to use as you see fit.&nbsp; In terms of novels, you can do a lot of interesting stories with low and midlevel characters; heroes don't have to be epic-level godbreakers. Plus, you can have major events without changing the world. For example, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, if the bad guys had somehow turned the power of the ark into a weapon, maybe they could have conquered the world. But as it was, the ark ended up in a box in a basement, and the world at large never knew anything dangerous had occured. It would have changed the world if it hadn't been stopped -- but it was stopped. On the other hand, the Maltese Falcon is an excellent story that doesn't involve any sort of threat to the world -- just greed, intrigue, and murder. Anyhow, I don't believe that any of the upcoming products I'm aware of will cause you concern, Fred. We'll see.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hellcow, post: 1646403, member: 15800"] You're right, it's not up to me. But I don't think WotC is in any hurry to do this. As I've said before, based on discussions I've had with the WotC designers, I doubt you'll ever see an adventure that says "this is exactly what happened in the Mournland" -- you might get things that MAY have been responsible, but nothing conclusive -- nothing that would force a massive change to the world. Take the power struggle between the Blood of Vol and Kaius of Karrnath. If you want to shake things up and have the Emerald Claw seize power -- with all the attendant chaos that would cause -- go for it. But I can't imagine WotC declaring "Oh, Kaius has been deposed" in November -- it's too major a change, and would throw off stories and plans of many DMs. The books that I know of are things like the Sharn sourcebook: providing more information for you to use as you see fit. In terms of novels, you can do a lot of interesting stories with low and midlevel characters; heroes don't have to be epic-level godbreakers. Plus, you can have major events without changing the world. For example, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, if the bad guys had somehow turned the power of the ark into a weapon, maybe they could have conquered the world. But as it was, the ark ended up in a box in a basement, and the world at large never knew anything dangerous had occured. It would have changed the world if it hadn't been stopped -- but it was stopped. On the other hand, the Maltese Falcon is an excellent story that doesn't involve any sort of threat to the world -- just greed, intrigue, and murder. Anyhow, I don't believe that any of the upcoming products I'm aware of will cause you concern, Fred. We'll see. [/QUOTE]

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