D&D 5E The case for (and against) a new Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting book

[Xenonnonex]

Nope, read the book. Removing the Death Curse is trivial.

This statement is really too simplistic to be taken seriously.

 

[Parmandur]

With the Death Curse you will need to be providing a motivating factor that is similarly world effecting. Else the issue will be met further down the adventure. Much rides on and is affected by it.
I will vouch for homebrew any day. However the inclusion of homebrew also does not mean the adventure offers enough to work off. If a group buys the material simply for the purposes of running homebrew they will be disappointed. And frustrated at the amount of homebrew they will need to include. This is not a bad thing.
I am not being pessimistic. I am simply a realist. I do not pretend that these offer much more than what they are.

The book actually provides alternate motivations all over the place...

 

[Parmandur]

This statement is really too simplistic to be taken seriously.

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about at this point.

 

[Fenris-77]

I think the first skill DMs learn is the creation of world effecting motivations. That's easy. It's NPCs, locations, encounters and factions that are the grunt work. That's why I steal and adapt those shamelessly. I can come up with three ways to doom the world while I'm taking a dump and playing Candy Crush with my non-wiping hand.

 

[Xenonnonex]

The book actually provides alternate motivations all over the place...

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about at this point.

Do share them.
Simply saying something is true does not make it true.

 

[Xenonnonex]

I think the first skill DMs learn is the creation of world effecting motivations. That's easy. It's NPCs, locations, encounters and factions that are the grunt work. That's why I steal and adapt those shamelessly. I can come up with three ways to doom the world while I'm taking a dump and playing Candy Crush with my non-wiping hand.

Okay. Good. But we may be talking about new time DMs who may be inclined to get this because it is "also a mini setting".

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Simply saying something is true does not make it true.

Yes it does.

 

[Parmandur]

Do share them.
Simply saying something is true does not make it true.

The players can be in town as mercenaries for Baldur's Gate, and are exploring the jungle for money. Done, campaign solved. Hooks for this are literally everywhere.

 

[Xenonnonex]

Yes it does.

The sky is bacon.

 

[Parmandur]

The sky is bacon.

In your Forgotten Realms, sure.