Question for the Old Schoolers

[Glade Riven]

Would you say something was lost in transition for Forgotten Realms from D&D 2nd Edition to 3rd Edition?

 

[the Jester]

Caveat: I more or less hate the Realms.

No, I think the 3e take on FR was awesome. The FRCS was great, had tons of detail and did a wonderful job of updating the setting to the 3e ruleset.

I do think that something was lost in the transition away from the original Forgotten Realms Gray Box, though.

 

[S'mon]

"OD&D... brown booklets... 1e DMG... chubby succubus... Dragonlance ruined everything... *bleugh*"



Seriously, you think 2e>3e transition is 'Old School'?!

 

[S'mon]

I do think that something was lost in the transition away from the original Forgotten Realms Gray Box, though.

Yeah, those novels ruined FR!

 

[Crothian]

Yes, they lost a lot of things from what I remember. Mostly though what they lost improved the setting.

 

[Raven Crowking]

I don't know if I qualify as an "Old Schooler", but I would say that the first boxed release of Forgotten Realms was amazing, but that later materials kind of sucked the life out of the setting, until the 3e book, which I actually liked. It had a lot of good ideas, several of which I stole for non-Realms gaming!


RC

 

[brewdus]

At least they didn't have to advance the setting 100 years and obliterate a good chunk of the world in that transition!

 

[cyderak]

at least they didn't have to advance the setting 100 years and obliterate a good chunk of the world in that transition!

preach it brother!!!!!

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Caveat: I more or less hate the Realms.

No, I think the 3e take on FR was awesome. The FRCS was great, had tons of detail and did a wonderful job of updating the setting to the 3e ruleset.

Mostly. The nuking of Tilverton, the return of the Shades, and a number of other "updates" really caused me to grind my teeth.

I do think that something was lost in the transition away from the original Forgotten Realms Gray Box, though.

This. I really enjoyed running a 3E campaign using the FR Greybox (with a little 3E FRCS thrown in).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Seriously, you think 2e>3e transition is 'Old School'?!

Someone born the same year the 2E edition was released would be 21 this year.

An 11 year old today playing D&D -- and there certainly have been a lot of them, historically -- would have been born the same year the 3E version was released.

Yes, it's old school, old man.