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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zarrock God of Evil" data-source="post: 644004" data-attributes="member: 2025">BACKGROUND: First came into FR through the Moonshae trilogy and later the Avatar trilogy. I was first introduced to the FR as a campaign setting by my older cousin. When I shifted from DL to FR (2E grey boxed set), I suddenly felt that I had the space, cultural options and organisations at my hands that I had been missing since my Known World days in OD&D. I've played a modified version of FR since 1995 and I am currently adapting it to fit with the - IMO absolutely wonderful FRCS - and the changes it instated in the Realms. Computer games like Baldur's Gate have really managed to bring the Realms to life and I immediately started a campaign in Amn after playing through the whole series.WHAT I LIKE:The feel is grittier now than ever and the villanious organisations are great I love the Shades - especially the artwork. The Realms provide enormous possibilities and character options -any kind of cultural and racial background is feasible. The rules options in the new FR line are terrific and evocative. Just my taste in PrC, spells, new domains, monsters and races. Regional feats are a great addition to the system. To my mind the FR rules are DnD Deluxe.The FRCS is well-organised and very utilitarian - much more so than the mishmash that was the 2E Campaign Box (pure fluff). Elves and Dwarves are on their way back - thank you. The tolkienesque approach is wonderful in LotR but I don't want it in my campaign.WHAT I DON'T LIKE I have a lot of work to do if I want to integrate the cool changes to the timeline from FRCS into my own timeline. But this is a positive problem - I want to integrate the changes WotC made AND keep my additions. A minor issue...I want the whole world detailed - 3E supplements for Zakhara, Maztica and especially Kara-Tur are sorely missed.WHAT I CHANGEDI added the continent of Taladas to the FR (so cool - but no room for it in DL IMO)The unknown lands are Nyambe (African settings) and another is a great Irda Empire (I love the Irda - just not the static DL ones - these are High Ogres - some good, some evil). I added an evil god and some evil organisations of my own.Tharizdun and the ToEE are core parts of my Realms campaign.-Zarrock</blockquote>

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