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<blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 8275503" data-attributes="member: 6871653">The Nentir Vale!Why?<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It support the whole idea of level 1 to 30, from savior of the Harkenwold to going face to face against Tiamat in her own lair.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The story is yet to be written: the Vale is a blank page, you'll need to go see what's beyond the next hill; there's no 300 pages long setting book to tell you every event for every inch of territory.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The setting still holds dangers: there's no super heroic army or NPC that will need to be handwaved to make a threat to the region realistic.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kingmaker domain: The vale is a frontier. It was at the edge of a recently fallen empire, and the chosen battlefield of 2 others. As you raise in level, will you reclaim the lost banner of Nerath and set forth to claim the throne, or claim you birthright as a scion on Bael'Thurath? Will you gather the last legion of Arkhosia or rally the baronies of the Vale into a new kingdom ruled by yourself.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Difference: Tieflings and Dragonborns are part of the setting, not tacked on. The cosmology is simple and close to the old ones we know from our history. Dwarves live in a huge necropolis in the open-air at the base of the mountains, sharing the city with orcs and ghosts. Blackpowder is a thing. Every classic thing has its own twist in the Vale.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A pretty awesome map from the boardgame.</li>
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[QUOTE="Tales and Chronicles, post: 8275503, member: 6871653"] The Nentir Vale! Why? [LIST] [*]It support the whole idea of level 1 to 30, from savior of the Harkenwold to going face to face against Tiamat in her own lair. [*]The story is yet to be written: the Vale is a blank page, you'll need to go see what's beyond the next hill; there's no 300 pages long setting book to tell you every event for every inch of territory. [*]The setting still holds dangers: there's no super heroic army or NPC that will need to be handwaved to make a threat to the region realistic. [*]Kingmaker domain: The vale is a frontier. It was at the edge of a recently fallen empire, and the chosen battlefield of 2 others. As you raise in level, will you reclaim the lost banner of Nerath and set forth to claim the throne, or claim you birthright as a scion on Bael'Thurath? Will you gather the last legion of Arkhosia or rally the baronies of the Vale into a new kingdom ruled by yourself. [*]Difference: Tieflings and Dragonborns are part of the setting, not tacked on. The cosmology is simple and close to the old ones we know from our history. Dwarves live in a huge necropolis in the open-air at the base of the mountains, sharing the city with orcs and ghosts. Blackpowder is a thing. Every classic thing has its own twist in the Vale. [*]A pretty awesome map from the boardgame. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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