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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Traycor" data-source="post: 3929194" data-attributes="member: 54613">I have played FR on several occassions and DM'd it as well. For me, yes these characters did pose a problem. I'm one of those crazies that feels compelled to stick to the lore of the world (I don't read all the novels or anything like that) but I do like to be true to the world itself. It's kind of annoying when I want a group of lvl 1 players to save a small obscure town from a goblin raid, only to look up that town and see that it has a lvl 10 guard, a lvl 12 wizard, and a temple with a lvl 16 cleric. In a place with a population of 100 or less. It's like... WHAT?! The wizard or cleric could blast the entire problem without barely lifting a finger. Even the fighter would have to be someone of great renown in the surrounding area to have reached such a high level, so the villagers would turn to him to mop up such a threat. That's lots of past combat right there, and against more than goblins.And this happens everywhere I turn when I run FR. My PC's like to free roam and chase the story as they please. So I don't get much chance to prep locations since I often don't know where they will end up and need to quickly run a location straight out of the book. But even if I do my best to stay away from "power hubs" like Waterdeep or whatnot, I still find high level NPC's dribbling out my ears left and right.Hmm... I don't think most of the major characters are actually going to be "killed off". More likely they will just be shifted in such a way as to be preoccupied by assumption. So if people are mad about Elminster or Alustriel, then their ire is misplaced. They've already stated that the most iconic characters aren't going anywhere anyways.As an example, I am expecting (pure speculation) for Elminster to be turned into a demigod of magic after the fall of Mystra. It would keep him in the world, but take him out of the picture. Characters like Drizzt will stick around, and Manshoon and Fzowl(sp?) will still be there because they are villains. Alustriel will likely remain a leader (and thus always busy). Some of the chosen or other high lvl good NPC's might die, but come on... they aren't going to kill off all the characters people know and love. How would they sell any novels that way. Those characters are iconic and bankable.It's the random lvl 18 wizards and mundane lvl 20 clerics that are getting the boot.</blockquote>

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