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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4914286" data-attributes="member: 5143">That's not really true.&nbsp; I consider myself a....FR appreciator.&nbsp; I wouldn't call myself a FAN per se.&nbsp; I played my first D&amp;D game in FR, and my first group that I was a member of for a couple of years played mostly in FR.&nbsp; I read a good 15-20 FR novels.&nbsp; I've read through most of the 3e FRCS and the 4e FRCS.&nbsp; I tried to read through the History of the Realms.However, I don't know that much about the gritty details of the Realms.&nbsp; I don't know anything about a bunch of countries in the Realms because our games never took place there and the novels I read didn't either.I don't know who rules almost any of the countries.&nbsp; I'd have to look it up if asked.&nbsp; I know where Waterdeep is, where Neverwinter is...but beyond that, I'm unlikely to recognize the name of any other city.I like the new Realms.&nbsp; Because to me, nothing really changed.&nbsp; Waterdeep is still that big city where adventurers gather.&nbsp; There is still an Undermountain beneath it.&nbsp; Myth Drannor still exists.&nbsp; There is still an Elminster, still a Drizzt.&nbsp; All the things I think of when I think of the Realms are still there.But, I suppose if I used to read everything on the Realms, I might be a little annoyed that Chessentia is mostly Akanul now.&nbsp; Maybe a little.&nbsp; But then again, when I look at a campaign setting my only thought is &quot;How easily is this used in an adventure?&quot;.&nbsp; I like Akanul and its flavor.&nbsp; I'm probably biased in that I'm the Point of Contact for the Akanul region in LFR.&nbsp; But after we were assigned this region, I thought &quot;How can be make this region fun and interesting?&nbsp; What makes this region special?&nbsp; What adventuring possibilities are there?&quot;&nbsp; And there are lots.What I'm saying is that I'd like to think I was an appreciator of the Realms before, and I was not alienated by the changes.&nbsp; I can only expect that the people who were alienated took their Realms a little TOO seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 4914286, member: 5143"] That's not really true. I consider myself a....FR appreciator. I wouldn't call myself a FAN per se. I played my first D&D game in FR, and my first group that I was a member of for a couple of years played mostly in FR. I read a good 15-20 FR novels. I've read through most of the 3e FRCS and the 4e FRCS. I tried to read through the History of the Realms. However, I don't know that much about the gritty details of the Realms. I don't know anything about a bunch of countries in the Realms because our games never took place there and the novels I read didn't either. I don't know who rules almost any of the countries. I'd have to look it up if asked. I know where Waterdeep is, where Neverwinter is...but beyond that, I'm unlikely to recognize the name of any other city. I like the new Realms. Because to me, nothing really changed. Waterdeep is still that big city where adventurers gather. There is still an Undermountain beneath it. Myth Drannor still exists. There is still an Elminster, still a Drizzt. All the things I think of when I think of the Realms are still there. But, I suppose if I used to read everything on the Realms, I might be a little annoyed that Chessentia is mostly Akanul now. Maybe a little. But then again, when I look at a campaign setting my only thought is "How easily is this used in an adventure?". I like Akanul and its flavor. I'm probably biased in that I'm the Point of Contact for the Akanul region in LFR. But after we were assigned this region, I thought "How can be make this region fun and interesting? What makes this region special? What adventuring possibilities are there?" And there are lots. What I'm saying is that I'd like to think I was an appreciator of the Realms before, and I was not alienated by the changes. I can only expect that the people who were alienated took their Realms a little TOO seriously. [/QUOTE]

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