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<blockquote data-quote="AdmundfortGeographer" data-source="post: 3770279" data-attributes="member: 4682"><p>"Truths" . . . huh.</p><p></p><p>The "truths" in that sidebar do not cover <em>every</em> problem DMs have with having high level NPCs all over the Realms. Declaring that the sidebar is revealed "truth" does not change that many folks are unconvinced by it.</p><p></p><p>But to bring it back on track with the thread, I am one of those who has been bothered by the accumulated number of high level good guys <strong>and</strong> bad guys. But that is something I'm fully aware came about from decades of high output in adventures, accessories, and novels. And it is the setting "reset" (or whatever it is that happens with the spellplague and timeline advance) that appeals to me because it sounds like like the vast amount of accreted cumbersome weight is being shed. It <strong>sounds</strong> like a <em>nearly</em> clean slate for newcomer DMs to make something of their own with like when the gray boxed set first appeared, points of light-like</p><p></p><p>Now, I also understand that this could go badly. TSR did a <strong>similar</strong> thing with the Mystara setting trying to bring the Rules Compendium version of the setting forward into the AD&D 2nd ed system. It's not a perfect analogy between Mystara's failed "update" to AD&D and FR's update to 4e. But I think the Known World/Mystara update to AD&D is a better analog that any other setting revision for many reasons. The differences between Mystara-to-AD&D and FR-to-4e are great enough that I think FR-to-4e will prove successful enough that sales numbers won't suffer as Mystara's AD&D line did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdmundfortGeographer, post: 3770279, member: 4682"] "Truths" . . . huh. The "truths" in that sidebar do not cover [I]every[/I] problem DMs have with having high level NPCs all over the Realms. Declaring that the sidebar is revealed "truth" does not change that many folks are unconvinced by it. But to bring it back on track with the thread, I am one of those who has been bothered by the accumulated number of high level good guys [B]and[/B] bad guys. But that is something I'm fully aware came about from decades of high output in adventures, accessories, and novels. And it is the setting "reset" (or whatever it is that happens with the spellplague and timeline advance) that appeals to me because it sounds like like the vast amount of accreted cumbersome weight is being shed. It [B]sounds[/B] like a [I]nearly[/I] clean slate for newcomer DMs to make something of their own with like when the gray boxed set first appeared, points of light-like Now, I also understand that this could go badly. TSR did a [B]similar[/B] thing with the Mystara setting trying to bring the Rules Compendium version of the setting forward into the AD&D 2nd ed system. It's not a perfect analogy between Mystara's failed "update" to AD&D and FR's update to 4e. But I think the Known World/Mystara update to AD&D is a better analog that any other setting revision for many reasons. The differences between Mystara-to-AD&D and FR-to-4e are great enough that I think FR-to-4e will prove successful enough that sales numbers won't suffer as Mystara's AD&D line did. [/QUOTE]
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