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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Compton" data-source="post: 3926574" data-attributes="member: 24898">FR fans can be very reasonable, but like fans of all settings and worlds, there are those who aren't.&nbsp; The minute the DM deviates from what they see as &quot;their&quot; FR, they complain or &quot;correct&quot; the DM.&nbsp; I have seen it happen, and I can understand why there are DM's who see it as more of a headache to run FR than a joy.&nbsp; But the stereotypical &quot;annoying fanboy or fangirl&quot; is the exception, not the rule.&nbsp; Mostly.&nbsp; It would be fair of the DM to say up-front if his game is a true FR game and what that means for him or her (like, whether or not the novels mean squat), or if it's his or her own game with things mined from FR.&nbsp; Then someone looking for a true FR game knows sort of what to expect.&nbsp; &nbsp; This is also true to a point.&nbsp; Again, excepting the FR &quot;geeks&quot; (and I use that term lovingly <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ), most players don't know every single thing that's ever happened everywhere in Faerun, so deviating from established history or events isn't the issue.&nbsp; Where many players get nit-picky or disappointed is when a character comes on stage that they've built up in their mind a certain way...and the DM doesn't evoke that image.&nbsp; Take Elminster- Ed's written him a certain way, and some people want &quot;Ed's Elminster,&quot; not just Elminster.&nbsp; It's like Darth Vader in a Star Wars game- players envision that character as portrayed in the films, and if the DM's Vader doesn't seem like that, it isn't Vader.&nbsp; This is everything from gestures to word choice to presence.&nbsp; And being a subjective thing, it's impossible for any one DM to satisfy every single player's vision of a character.&nbsp; Well-mannered players just keep their opinions to themselves.&nbsp; Others...they get shown the door where I come from.Be that as it may, it's not a reason to wipe out a lot of major characters or say that FR is inundated with them.&nbsp; The cause does not support the result.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian Compton, post: 3926574, member: 24898"] FR fans can be very reasonable, but like fans of all settings and worlds, there are those who aren't. The minute the DM deviates from what they see as "their" FR, they complain or "correct" the DM. I have seen it happen, and I can understand why there are DM's who see it as more of a headache to run FR than a joy. But the stereotypical "annoying fanboy or fangirl" is the exception, not the rule. Mostly. It would be fair of the DM to say up-front if his game is a true FR game and what that means for him or her (like, whether or not the novels mean squat), or if it's his or her own game with things mined from FR. Then someone looking for a true FR game knows sort of what to expect. This is also true to a point. Again, excepting the FR "geeks" (and I use that term lovingly :) ), most players don't know every single thing that's ever happened everywhere in Faerun, so deviating from established history or events isn't the issue. Where many players get nit-picky or disappointed is when a character comes on stage that they've built up in their mind a certain way...and the DM doesn't evoke that image. Take Elminster- Ed's written him a certain way, and some people want "Ed's Elminster," not just Elminster. It's like Darth Vader in a Star Wars game- players envision that character as portrayed in the films, and if the DM's Vader doesn't seem like that, it isn't Vader. This is everything from gestures to word choice to presence. And being a subjective thing, it's impossible for any one DM to satisfy every single player's vision of a character. Well-mannered players just keep their opinions to themselves. Others...they get shown the door where I come from. Be that as it may, it's not a reason to wipe out a lot of major characters or say that FR is inundated with them. The cause does not support the result. [/QUOTE]

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