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<blockquote data-quote="BlackMoria" data-source="post: 3936413" data-attributes="member: 424">I don't thinking making widescale changes to the Realms and then trying to sell it to the Realm's critics will work.&nbsp; The dislike of the Realms verges on rabid and I have seen a number of posts on different forums from anti-Realms fans that have stated that they will never touch a Realms product, regardless of what WOTC does to the setting.&nbsp; The dislike runs that deep.So, who is the audience?&nbsp; Not the existing Realms fan base, because despite their protests and concerns, WOTC is plowing ahead with wide sweeping changes to the setting.Is it completely new audience?&nbsp; Then why change anything because a person who has never heard of the Realms isn't going to care one way or another about the 30 year legacy issues.Is it trying to sell to existing D&amp;D fans who may have looked at FR at one point and were put off by it?&nbsp; As I said, resentment runs deep and I don't see FR detractors suddenly dropping their existing campaign settings and running out to buy a revamped FR setting because WOTC says they removed the twinky high level NPCs and whatever else pushed these peoples' buttons.Elminster is still around as is Drizzt.&nbsp; That is not going to win over the anti-Elminster / anti-Drizzt crowd.The novels are still going to be canon.&nbsp; That isn't going to win over detractors who hate the novels affecting the campaign setting.The history is not being changed so that isn't going to win over the people who don't like the Realms 'everything and the kitchen sink' hodge podge that has accumulated over 20 years.Seems to me that 'who is the audience?' needed to be discussed&nbsp; more in the boardrooms because I frankly don't see how WOTC gains by following the course they plotted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BlackMoria, post: 3936413, member: 424"] I don't thinking making widescale changes to the Realms and then trying to sell it to the Realm's critics will work. The dislike of the Realms verges on rabid and I have seen a number of posts on different forums from anti-Realms fans that have stated that they will never touch a Realms product, regardless of what WOTC does to the setting. The dislike runs that deep. So, who is the audience? Not the existing Realms fan base, because despite their protests and concerns, WOTC is plowing ahead with wide sweeping changes to the setting. Is it completely new audience? Then why change anything because a person who has never heard of the Realms isn't going to care one way or another about the 30 year legacy issues. Is it trying to sell to existing D&D fans who may have looked at FR at one point and were put off by it? As I said, resentment runs deep and I don't see FR detractors suddenly dropping their existing campaign settings and running out to buy a revamped FR setting because WOTC says they removed the twinky high level NPCs and whatever else pushed these peoples' buttons. Elminster is still around as is Drizzt. That is not going to win over the anti-Elminster / anti-Drizzt crowd. The novels are still going to be canon. That isn't going to win over detractors who hate the novels affecting the campaign setting. The history is not being changed so that isn't going to win over the people who don't like the Realms 'everything and the kitchen sink' hodge podge that has accumulated over 20 years. Seems to me that 'who is the audience?' needed to be discussed more in the boardrooms because I frankly don't see how WOTC gains by following the course they plotted. [/QUOTE]

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