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<blockquote data-quote="Jared Rascher" data-source="post: 3742866" data-attributes="member: 28825">I know that there has been a lot of talk about weather the official campaign settings will have any of the flavor of the &quot;points of light&quot; default setting mentioned in many of the designers posts about 4th edition.&nbsp; While I have seen a lot of logical reasons for why this is only the &quot;default&quot; for 4th edition and individual campaign setting shouldn't be affected, we have also been told that R A Salvatore's The Orc King has some previews of the coming changes for the Realms, so for anyone that doesn't care about spoilers:[Spoiler]The prologue and epilogue of The Orc King are set 100 years into the future of the Realms.&nbsp; Drizzt mentions that the Spellplague has decimated the Sword Coast, but that Mithril Hall survived the worst of it, even though there was chaos and upheaval all around it. It also mentions the Empire of Netheril.It doesn't mention Silverymoon, Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, the Lord's Alliance, the Silver Marches, or anything else &quot;civilized&quot; beyond Mithril Hall and the Empire of Netheril.[/spoiler]I get the distinct feeling that the &quot;points of light&quot; approach is definitely being applied to the Realms as well as being used for the default.I know its not the direction I want to see the setting go.&nbsp; Others may disagree, or be thrilled, give it a shot for the first time or come back to it.&nbsp; I'll not say that mine in the superior decision, but at the same time, I thought it might be interesting to those contemplating a switch to 4th edition based on the setting to know ahead of time what might be in store.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jared Rascher, post: 3742866, member: 28825"] I know that there has been a lot of talk about weather the official campaign settings will have any of the flavor of the "points of light" default setting mentioned in many of the designers posts about 4th edition. While I have seen a lot of logical reasons for why this is only the "default" for 4th edition and individual campaign setting shouldn't be affected, we have also been told that R A Salvatore's [i]The Orc King[/i] has some previews of the coming changes for the Realms, so for anyone that doesn't care about spoilers: [Spoiler]The prologue and epilogue of [i]The Orc King[/i] are set 100 years into the future of the Realms. Drizzt mentions that the Spellplague has decimated the Sword Coast, but that Mithril Hall survived the worst of it, even though there was chaos and upheaval all around it. It also mentions the Empire of Netheril. It doesn't mention Silverymoon, Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, the Lord's Alliance, the Silver Marches, or anything else "civilized" beyond Mithril Hall and the Empire of Netheril.[/spoiler] I get the distinct feeling that the "points of light" approach is definitely being applied to the Realms as well as being used for the default. I know its not the direction I want to see the setting go. Others may disagree, or be thrilled, give it a shot for the first time or come back to it. I'll not say that mine in the superior decision, but at the same time, I thought it might be interesting to those contemplating a switch to 4th edition based on the setting to know ahead of time what might be in store. [/QUOTE]

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