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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 636226" data-attributes="member: 2205">I agree, really I prefer homebrew to any published setting, so I'm not (ever) really trying to rag on the Realms.  The familiarity the DM can have with the Realms can be gained as well by having a homebrew, and in that case, you don't run into the potential problems of players that are encyclopeia-like in their own knowledge of the setting as well.Yes, it can be good or bad depending on how it's implemented.  Either way, though, it's not really to my taste, and it also starts to really become jarring when you think about how many high level PCs are just sitting around, at least according to a lot of the sourcebooks I've read.I can see how that differentiates the Realms somewhat from Greyhawk, although the two settings are very similar IMO to each other in flavor, feel and the kinds of games that get played in them.</blockquote>