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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 3532253" data-attributes="member: 172">We've already discussed this; as Odhannan mentions above Greyhawk might benefit from being the first, and having the attention of the entire audience at the time, a benefit that few shared. Nonetheless, the adventures that I mention were nominally set in greyhawk, represented central conflicts and villains of the setting in the minds of the audience, and so played a similar role.Please do me the favor of trying to understand my previous posts before going over the same ground.I think perhaps you are:1) Assuming that I am asserting that there must be a singular conflict; I'm not. A large setting like FR can generally afford to have a few, so long as the conflicts don't become so varied and so minor that they no longer have a unique identity in the mind of the fans.2) Assuming I mean something more concrete and limited in scope that I intend. I don't see Grazzt or Shar or Mystara and their various conflicts to be singularly iconic of the realms. However, the conflicts of the well known and established FR deity set are a common theme in Realms novels, adventures, and supplements. This over-arching set of conflicts serves in the role I speak of. The time of troubles, for as contentious and damning as you portray it to be, pretty much set the stage for this ongoing set of conflicts.Of course, since you have misconstrued my meaning to mean something that they don't have...Re: Eberron. Oh, I beg to differ. The influence of the quori and lingering impact of the last war are uniting themes that are woven into the supplements and adventures.Mystara, you could well be right. They sort of tried to make one with red steel, and there were isolated regional conflicts of the sort you assumed I was referring to in FR, but really, I think this is a reason that, despite being nearly as well heeled as Greyhawk and having a fascinating set of supplements, never seemed to get the same sort of traction, even after multiple attempts at restarting the setting.Again, I think you are seeing "conflict" as a central specific skirmish or war more than something more pervasive to the setting in the way I mean it.</blockquote>

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