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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7668323" data-attributes="member: 22424">We don't know that. All we know is that WotC haven't announced an FR book yet. For all we know, they could announce it today and release at GenCon.(Or you could be right, of course. We don't know. It's just that lack of evidence is not evidence of lack.)Want to know about the Realms? Well, go to this third-party website where we can sell you a choice of Realms. You could have this version, which is mechanically an edition out of date, and predates the most recent Realms Shaking Event which significantly shook things up. Or you could have this version, which is also mechanically outdated, and in-setting is a century behind (and yet, somehow, closer to our current vision - it's complicated). Or perhaps you could go for this version, which is that classic version that the grognards prefer... but which is from before any of our exciting RSE's! (Oh yes, and it's also mechanically out of date.)Confused? Good. Now you're ready to answer the most iconic of FR questions: is Mystra alive or dead?I exaggerate, of course, but only somewhat. The Realms material on D&D Classics is great for people who are already fans who want more for the setting. But for newcomers to the Realms, it's not really a good starting point.It's certainly a consideration, and I wouldn't be surprised if we're getting close to the point where printed materials (of any sort) are just becoming impractical.Having said that, the other side of the calculation is that if they print a new FRCS they can probably expect tens of thousands of copies to sell, while the PDFs on D&D Classics will likely sell several hundred.(And, actually, there's another consideration - WotC aren't going to pay their 8-member D&D RPG team to sit around doing nothing. They have to be working on something, and "scanning and hosting" wouldn't be a good use of their skills and experience. So where does the money lie: do they have everyone continue to work indefinitely on the 'storylines', do they get people working on that PHB2 they're not planning, or do they consider a FRCS?)</blockquote>

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