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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StupidSmurf" data-source="post: 2669071" data-attributes="member: 35893">Another Realms-Shaking Event? Geez. Yet something ELSE I'll need to ignore, then.As much as I love the Realms, I really, really, (really!) hate the way events are handled. Either nothing happens, or the entire world changes. The gods fight each other! Some of them die! Some stupid putz takes three evil god portfolios! Now he loses some of them! King Azoun IV dies! Tilverton is blasted out of existence! The shades come back! Massive droughts occur as a result of climactic changes! OOooo...global warming comes to the Realms!Phooey.Here's what I've incorporated from all the RSE's.1. The Avatar Crisis. Since this was the first RSE, I let it in, despite my dislike of most of the protagonists of the Trilogy, as well as the way it panned out.2. The Tuigan Crusade. Yeah, it happened, I guess....not mentioned much if at all.3. The Death of Azoun IV and invasion by an orc army. Yeah, it's in there. There's some good potential there for Cormyran intrigue and such, so that's cool.4. Destruction of Tilverton. Yeah...it's a crater now.5. Return of the Shades. In my own internal continuity, it's there, but there's no good reason for me getting my players involved in it. It's something that's happening elsewhere, far removed from the campaign area. That goes double for the phaerimm.6. Droughts, climactic changes. Nope. Not in the Realms. You mean to tell me that major nature god heavyweights like Chauntea can't reverse what's happening, particularly since the Avatar Crisis RSE has already established that the gods need to get more involved in the day to day things in the Realms? Riiiiight.7. Harper division. Yep....and about time too.::Sigh:: Sometimes, playing in the Realms is like frequenting a 5-star restaurant that employs roller-skating Tourettes baboons as their waitstaff.</blockquote>

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