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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 4842253" data-attributes="member: 83805">When I first read the 4E Forgotten Realms books, they seemed kind of on the lackluster side in comparison to the 3E Forgotten Realms campaign guide.At the time many old 3.5E books were ending up in bargain bins, where I picked up many of the 3E/3.5E FR splatbooks highly discounted.&nbsp; (Many for less than $15 a pop).&nbsp; In the end after reading through the 3.5E FR books, many of them were largely mediocre and lackluster too.&nbsp; The few outstanding FR books were the original 3E FR campaign guide and maybe also the Underdark and FR Faiths and Pantheons books.&nbsp; The region specific books looked like as if they were generated semi-randomly by one of those online random dungeon generators (ie. Unapproachable East, etc ...).&nbsp; Other FR books looked like they were cut-and-paste jobs of other WotC 3E/3.5E D&amp;D generic splatbooks, with FR specific fluff added in (ie. Dragons of Faerun, Power of Faerun, Champions of Valor, Champions of Ruin, etc ...).Overall most of the 3E/3.5E Forgotten Realms splatbooks were largely a disappointment.I also picked up all of the 3.5E Eberron books found in the bargain bins at FLGS in town.&nbsp; Besides the first few Eberron books (ie. campaign guide, Sharn, etc ...), most of the Eberron splatbooks were largely mediocre and lackluster in the end.&nbsp; From a casual reading of the 4E Eberron Player's Guide at a local &quot;big box&quot; bookstore, it doesn't look very impressive.&nbsp; Hopefully the 4E Eberron campaign guide will be better.If most of the 3.5E Forgotten Realms and Eberron books were not spectacular sellers, then I wouldn't be surprised to see why WotC is only pursuing the strategy of 2 books + 1 module for each new setting released each year for 4E.&nbsp; I remember seeing several 3.5E FR and Eberron books in the bargain section of several &quot;big box&quot; bookstores, in piles of 10 or more copies each.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 4842253, member: 83805"] When I first read the 4E Forgotten Realms books, they seemed kind of on the lackluster side in comparison to the 3E Forgotten Realms campaign guide. At the time many old 3.5E books were ending up in bargain bins, where I picked up many of the 3E/3.5E FR splatbooks highly discounted. (Many for less than $15 a pop). In the end after reading through the 3.5E FR books, many of them were largely mediocre and lackluster too. The few outstanding FR books were the original 3E FR campaign guide and maybe also the Underdark and FR Faiths and Pantheons books. The region specific books looked like as if they were generated semi-randomly by one of those online random dungeon generators (ie. Unapproachable East, etc ...). Other FR books looked like they were cut-and-paste jobs of other WotC 3E/3.5E D&D generic splatbooks, with FR specific fluff added in (ie. Dragons of Faerun, Power of Faerun, Champions of Valor, Champions of Ruin, etc ...). Overall most of the 3E/3.5E Forgotten Realms splatbooks were largely a disappointment. I also picked up all of the 3.5E Eberron books found in the bargain bins at FLGS in town. Besides the first few Eberron books (ie. campaign guide, Sharn, etc ...), most of the Eberron splatbooks were largely mediocre and lackluster in the end. From a casual reading of the 4E Eberron Player's Guide at a local "big box" bookstore, it doesn't look very impressive. Hopefully the 4E Eberron campaign guide will be better. If most of the 3.5E Forgotten Realms and Eberron books were not spectacular sellers, then I wouldn't be surprised to see why WotC is only pursuing the strategy of 2 books + 1 module for each new setting released each year for 4E. I remember seeing several 3.5E FR and Eberron books in the bargain section of several "big box" bookstores, in piles of 10 or more copies each. [/QUOTE]

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