Only the Lonely: Why We Demand Official Product

[generic]

I own the Forgotten Realms campaign settings for 1e, 2e, 3e and Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Didn't bother with 4e. Which of these is the best? 5e of course because I can use whatever I want from any of the different versions, set the campaign whenever I want or just make up.

If I had time I would homebrew my own setting but I don't so I use published material and use it however I want.

It doesn't bother me, but the mods prefer that you don't use any language you wouldn't use around your grandmother.

 

[hawkeyefan]

You haven’t met my grandmother....

 

[generic]

You haven’t met my grandmother....

I used Morrus's words...

 

[Acolyte of Zothique]

It doesn't bother me, but the mods prefer that you don't use any language you wouldn't use around your grandmother.

Apologies for the s word then but my grandmothers all died before I was born. As my mother tells it, her mother swore like a trooper. So does my aunt. We'd have got along famously.

In this day and age, I didn't realise the s word was still a swear word; you read worse in the newspapers here in the UK.

 

[generic]

Apologies for the s word then but my grandmothers all died before I was born. As my mother tells it, her mother swore like a trooper. So does my aunt. We'd have got along famously.

In this day and age, I didn't realise the s word was still a swear word; you read worse in the newspapers here in the UK.

Yeah, I am total agreement, and my grandmother has been known to swear like a sailor as well.

 

[Oofta]

Look you're just completely missing the point here. You can't just state that an edition's version of a setting is better than another as if it's a fact, when that is a subjective opinion.

Sure he can. People state their opinion as fact all the time on the forum. Which, come to think of it is just my opinion ...

 

[Don Durito]

Apologies for the s word then but my grandmothers all died before I was born. As my mother tells it, her mother swore like a trooper. So does my aunt. We'd have got along famously.

In this day and age, I didn't realise the s word was still a swear word; you read worse in the newspapers here in the UK.

Well originally it was Eric Noah's grandmother, so perhaps she was more easily offended.

 

[Fenris-77]

If someone has reasons why they think one edition is better than another that's fine. It does seem though that some people misplace that one little phrase, "I think". Such a little thing to lose, I completely understand - they probably get pushed under the couch, or fall down the side of the driver's seat. Sadly, it leaves one trying to sell opinions at the fact market but not understanding why sales are low.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

If someone has reasons why they think one edition is better than another that's fine. It does seem though that some people misplace that one little phrase, "I think". Such a little thing to lose, I completely understand - they probably get pushed under the couch, or fall down the side of the driver's seat. Sadly, it leaves one trying to sell opinions at the fact market but not understanding why sales are low.

Yeah the original statement just annoyed me, that "1E and 3E's FR is more popular than 4E and 5E's FR, therefore adding Dragonborn is bad."

Because one, you can't really prove they are more popular unless you actually commissioned a means-tested poll of D&D players. And two, even if you did, it would be heavily slanted in favor of 5E because it's just way more played than anything else. And if you did somehow find the more popular one, it still may be unrelated to Dragonborn.

I did try playing devil's advocate on my replies, but it's definitely frustrating when people try "proving" the un-provable

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah the original statement just annoyed me, that "1E and 3E's FR is more popular than 4E and 5E's FR, therefore adding Dragonborn is bad."

Because one, you can't really prove they are more popular unless you actually commissioned a means-tested poll of D&D players. And two, even if you did, it would be heavily slanted in favor of 5E because it's just way more played than anything else. And if you did somehow find the more popular one, it still may be unrelated to Dragonborn.

I did try playing devil's advocate on my replies, but it's definitely frustrating when people try "proving" the un-provable

Main point was adding more races to a setting can indeed make it worse.