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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8651388" data-attributes="member: 7023887"><p>I think I've only ever met 1 person that feels as passionately about the Forgotten Realms as most fans of other settings are about their favorite settings (whether that be Eberron, Spelljammer, Dark Sun, Planescape, or Ravenloft). I've never felt passionately about the setting in one way or the other. It's probably because of how oversaturated D&D is with FR content (especially in 5e) combined with the fact that there's a world-changing event in the setting at least once every edition and that there's not much about the setting that's unique when compared to other popular settings (there are some fairly unique parts, and I think most of its unique concepts are quite good, but a lot of it is stolen from Greyhawk or standard Tolkein-esque fantasy).</p><p></p><p>I'm kind of convinced that the only reason that it's the most popular setting is that it's the base setting in the most popular edition of the game. Not the other way around. It's the biggest, blandest kitchen sink that you can do anything with if you really want to, but isn't inherently any better of a setting than Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Exandria, or Ravenloft.</p><p></p><p>The only strong feeling I have about the setting is that there's too much of it in D&D 5e (even though it has the weakest D&D 5e setting book), and I like the recent push to publish more adventures not connected to it (Netherdeep, Witchlight, Strixhaven, and Dragonance).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8651388, member: 7023887"] I think I've only ever met 1 person that feels as passionately about the Forgotten Realms as most fans of other settings are about their favorite settings (whether that be Eberron, Spelljammer, Dark Sun, Planescape, or Ravenloft). I've never felt passionately about the setting in one way or the other. It's probably because of how oversaturated D&D is with FR content (especially in 5e) combined with the fact that there's a world-changing event in the setting at least once every edition and that there's not much about the setting that's unique when compared to other popular settings (there are some fairly unique parts, and I think most of its unique concepts are quite good, but a lot of it is stolen from Greyhawk or standard Tolkein-esque fantasy). I'm kind of convinced that the only reason that it's the most popular setting is that it's the base setting in the most popular edition of the game. Not the other way around. It's the biggest, blandest kitchen sink that you can do anything with if you really want to, but isn't inherently any better of a setting than Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Exandria, or Ravenloft. The only strong feeling I have about the setting is that there's too much of it in D&D 5e (even though it has the weakest D&D 5e setting book), and I like the recent push to publish more adventures not connected to it (Netherdeep, Witchlight, Strixhaven, and Dragonance). [/QUOTE]
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