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<blockquote data-quote="Einlanzer0" data-source="post: 7939806" data-attributes="member: 6788934">I like Eberron substantially less than FR, but this is everything. They do the FR more harm than good by treating it like a comic book story and forcing the timeline forward each edition with contrived, over the top plots that just divide fans. And it wasnt just 4e that did this - it's happened every edition. 4e was just the most egregious case.In my view, nothing would benefit the realms more than a 1e reboot and permanently baselining it there as a campaign setting. The different stories that have taken place since 1e are not invalidated, they just become different author/DM forks in the timeline.Regarding the original post by Ed Greenwood - I'm not sure if I read it correctly, but if I did, I disagree with most of it. Even if he created the FR, the FR no longer belongs to any specific authority. It exists as a universe we all share in the experience and the telling of. It's concerning to me if he doesn't see it that way.I see no reason whatsoever to do anything other than precisely what I and the players want to do with it at my table. In fact, the notion that there's a central authority running and developing the realms from edition to edition, removing that agency from players &amp; DMs, is a lot of what's led us where we are with the Realms and caused it to become a lot more of a joke setting than it used to be. It's misguided, and has been since 2nd edition.This is the correct approach, and it's why the #1 thing the FR needs in 5e is a reboot of 1e to rebaseline the setting to a healthy status quo that everyone can start from once and for all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Einlanzer0, post: 7939806, member: 6788934"] I like Eberron substantially less than FR, but this is everything. They do the FR more harm than good by treating it like a comic book story and forcing the timeline forward each edition with contrived, over the top plots that just divide fans. And it wasnt just 4e that did this - it's happened every edition. 4e was just the most egregious case. In my view, nothing would benefit the realms more than a 1e reboot and permanently baselining it there as a campaign setting. The different stories that have taken place since 1e are not invalidated, they just become different author/DM forks in the timeline. Regarding the original post by Ed Greenwood - I'm not sure if I read it correctly, but if I did, I disagree with most of it. Even if he created the FR, the FR no longer belongs to any specific authority. It exists as a universe we all share in the experience and the telling of. It's concerning to me if he doesn't see it that way. I see no reason whatsoever to do anything other than precisely what I and the players want to do with it at my table. In fact, the notion that there's a central authority running and developing the realms from edition to edition, removing that agency from players & DMs, is a lot of what's led us where we are with the Realms and caused it to become a lot more of a joke setting than it used to be. It's misguided, and has been since 2nd edition. This is the correct approach, and it's why the #1 thing the FR needs in 5e is a reboot of 1e to rebaseline the setting to a healthy status quo that everyone can start from once and for all. [/QUOTE]

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