Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
well, my first ic post is abot to be made!
renau1g's Fort Belurian Adventure [Pathfinder] - OOC
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Rhun
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Leif
Adventurer
Well, Heaven Fobid that a DM use an unfamiliar name for something in HIS OWN GAME!! :OI thought maybe there was something going on that I didn't know about.
Rhun
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Not unfamiliar. I know the Fire Knives. I just couldn't see them hiring us for a trip to Chult.
Leif
Adventurer
My point is that you THINK you know them! renau1g may have some completely different idea for them than what you're used to.
And that's my problem with ubiquitous settings like FR: people become so familiar with them that they know things that their characters could logically never know. Oh, sure, you may claim that it doesn't affect roleplay, but the very fact that you know something you shouldn't know may, nevertheless, color slightly your character's actions.
And that's my problem with ubiquitous settings like FR: people become so familiar with them that they know things that their characters could logically never know. Oh, sure, you may claim that it doesn't affect roleplay, but the very fact that you know something you shouldn't know may, nevertheless, color slightly your character's actions.
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Rhun
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Let me rephrase. I know them as written into Forgotten Realms canon, not as they may be in Renau1g's Forgotten Realms world. It is the same thing if you mention, say, Waterdeep. I would assume that Waterdeep is still a metropolis on the northern Sword Coast...but maybe in Renau1g's world it was razed and destroyed. The biggest benefit of using and established campaign setting is that it establishes something that all players and their characters can use for common reference.
Of course this is true. But this applies to all aspects of the game. The same would apply to the Monster Manual, the DMG and any other source material that is available.
Leif
Adventurer
Also a very valid point. Perhaps I'm just jealous that I don't yet know FR as well as many people seem to?
Yes, of course you're right. And, all in all, the advantages of using a published setting far outweigh the disadvantages. Especially in the context of PBP games where the players have never met in person and do not have the advantage of table-top play of catching all the nonverbal nuances of communicating with their fellow players.
Rhun
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Also a very valid point. Perhaps I'm just jealous that I don't yet know FR as well as many people seem to?
It takes lots of time. I've been playing the Realms since they first came out in '87. And I read most of the Realms novels, at least up through 2000 or so.
Very, very true!
Leif
Adventurer
See, back then, I thought the 'Realms was just a bad idea. I was HOMEBREW SETTING all the way. To the core, man. It was in my bones and in my blood. I never thought that I would ever choose to run a game in FR. Even now, the only one that I'm running there is my 4E game. A large part of the fun I have had with the game I'm now running with Scotley has been creating the city of Lauralie Summerhome and its world, Tara. And we still have LOTS more stuff than you guys have any hint of.
