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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jedi_Solo" data-source="post: 3925617" data-attributes="member: 40245">Except Luiren doesn't have an entire hardbound book devoted to it.  And while "everyone" knows what Waterdeep is not everyone knows what Lurien is or what makes it special.(Heck, I don't recognise the name Lurien - I'm just using it because the the quited poster used it - but I recognise Waterdeep and know something of that location.)And again, in the above example of multiple dragons.  If the entire town is being attacked by multiple dragons - it won't be the important red dragon that people in the local tavern will be talking about.  It would be the one the Blackstaff or Elminster took out because they are Blackstaff and Elminster.  It doesn't matter if the dracolich turned out in be a three-inch high "draco-lizrd" that Elminster accidently stepped on - it's what would be talked about.  (I try to avoid celebrity gossip and I still feel that I know of every public sighting of Spears and Lohan - it's the same thing.)  So even if the party took out the "real" big bad the NPCs are still stealing the party's thunder.Waterdeep is a recognised name to those with even a passing familiarity with the realms.  Waterdeep has the book published about it, but you can't have a major adventure (one that is any real serious threat to the town) without dealing with at least Blackstaff (shows up and steals the thunder or somehow convienently doesn't know about the threat to his beloved town) and maybe having to add in Elminster or other Chosen for real high level threats.  Just having the threat in a known location (which is part of the draw of adventuring in the Realms) risks the players asking about the big names.  That's a problem that shouldn't be there.</blockquote>

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