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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nivenus" data-source="post: 5790788" data-attributes="member: 71756">To be perfectly honest, the main reason I like FR is the same reason I like Star Wars: I played some pretty cool CRPGs set in the universe and so became interested in the IP.Of course, to a certain extent, that's just the root reason. The reason I stuck with both settings long after NWN2 and KotOR had passed by is because both are massive, sprawling settings that, while at time continuity-intensive - something I don't really see as a problem - are also capable of telling most of any kind of story within their respective genre you can think of.To this degree, I see FR's "everything but the kitchen sink" approach as a strength, not a weakness. While I don't like everything in FR, there's quite a lot of things I do like and I can do all kinds of things with them as a DM with relatively little messing around.If I want to run a medieval fantasy? Cormyr. If I want a planar adventure? The FR cosmology is detailed enough to let me do that. Does one of my player wants to play a dwarf or an elf? Easy. Do they want to play something more exotic, like a tiefling? Fully supported since 3rd edition.Point is, FR isn't just generic fantasy - that's a large part of it - probably the biggest part - but it's not the heart of it. The truth is that it's simply too big to be pinned down that way. And that's what I like about the setting.EDIT: In regards to the original poster's point about Greyhawk, I more or less agree. I'd be fine with keeping Nentir Vale, but I think Greyhawk, to a certain extent, makes more sense to bring back, given the long history and nostalgia surrounding it. Plus, as Gygax's original setting, it kind of seems a shame to put it out to pasture.</blockquote>

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