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<blockquote data-quote="PeterWeller" data-source="post: 4437601" data-attributes="member: 55795"><p>I like the book. No, it's not the encyclopedia that the 3E book was, but as a framework to build a campaign on, it's better in many regards. It gives me a lot of room to breathe as a DM. I feel a greater freedom to change things to my own liking, and that applies to keeping things that were lost in the edition change. The lack of a timeline for the last 100 years lets me play with history a lot more, but at the same time, there are enough historical details scattered throughout the text to give me a good framework for that playing.</p><p></p><p>Aesthetically the book is very well laid out. I like the 4E book style. And I like the map. Honestly, I'm tired of Faerun looking like it's mostly a light shade of tan. This new map reminds me of the original 1E maps, only done with Photoshop instead of hand-drawn.</p><p></p><p>I find it funny that the people complaining about the amount of detail seem to be the same people who already have an encyclopedic collection of FR details. Just port over the stuff you want to keep.</p><p></p><p>Also, the racism thing? Get real, people. First of all, there's a damn nation of Shou right in the middle of Faerun now, not to mention they're apparently an even bigger part of the East's population. Calimshan is as Arabian in flavor as it ever was. And there's many mentions of people worshipping the Adama in the South, implying a strong and direct cultural connection with Zakhara. Oh, and Amn- Amn has always been Northern Italian merchant jerks.</p><p></p><p>What makes that argument even sillier is that all those nations that they "racistly" removed might have been analogues of non-European cultures, but they were also corrupt and evil analogues. What is more racist: removing non-European analogues or having a world where everyone who isn't pseudo-European be corrupt and evil? Frankly, I'd rather have no pseudo-Egyptians or pseudo-Muslims at all than have them be a bunch of racist, Howardian stereotypes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PeterWeller, post: 4437601, member: 55795"] I like the book. No, it's not the encyclopedia that the 3E book was, but as a framework to build a campaign on, it's better in many regards. It gives me a lot of room to breathe as a DM. I feel a greater freedom to change things to my own liking, and that applies to keeping things that were lost in the edition change. The lack of a timeline for the last 100 years lets me play with history a lot more, but at the same time, there are enough historical details scattered throughout the text to give me a good framework for that playing. Aesthetically the book is very well laid out. I like the 4E book style. And I like the map. Honestly, I'm tired of Faerun looking like it's mostly a light shade of tan. This new map reminds me of the original 1E maps, only done with Photoshop instead of hand-drawn. I find it funny that the people complaining about the amount of detail seem to be the same people who already have an encyclopedic collection of FR details. Just port over the stuff you want to keep. Also, the racism thing? Get real, people. First of all, there's a damn nation of Shou right in the middle of Faerun now, not to mention they're apparently an even bigger part of the East's population. Calimshan is as Arabian in flavor as it ever was. And there's many mentions of people worshipping the Adama in the South, implying a strong and direct cultural connection with Zakhara. Oh, and Amn- Amn has always been Northern Italian merchant jerks. What makes that argument even sillier is that all those nations that they "racistly" removed might have been analogues of non-European cultures, but they were also corrupt and evil analogues. What is more racist: removing non-European analogues or having a world where everyone who isn't pseudo-European be corrupt and evil? Frankly, I'd rather have no pseudo-Egyptians or pseudo-Muslims at all than have them be a bunch of racist, Howardian stereotypes. [/QUOTE]
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