What next for FR?

[occam]

If there's any justice, WotC will put out a Kara-Tur book for FR before 3e becomes 4e or 3.75e. Followed, preferably, with a Zakhara book and then a Maztica book.

/me returns to hopeless despairing

Ah... yeah, exactly what you said.

/me joins Arkhandus in hopeless despairing

 

[d20Dwarf]

It's too bad, becuase if they're well done, they're basically a license to print consistent money as FR fans and DMs will gladly snap up well-done books in that line.

Really? You have the sales numbers in front of you?

 

[Arnwyn]

What would you like to see next? Mazteca, Al Qadim, Dalelands, Western Heartlands, Lands of Intrigue, Old Empires, Vilhoun Reach, warrior playing, cleric playing, rogue playing, etc?

Lantan, Nimbral, and Sossal - the only undetailed regions of the Realms.

In any case, certainly no regurgitating of stuff already done to death (and cheaply available).

I do like the format, though, and with a few tweaks I think it should be the standard format for FR regional books from here on out.

I sure as heck hope not.

I dunno, I don't particularly think the 2e Moonsea sourcebook was that great.

*shrug* It was, compared to MotM.

Buy novels.

This makes no sense.

In any case, because I have the 2e Moonsea sourcebook, I do appreciate MotM. It adds value to the (better) lore/info that I already have. (Though the particular author above does nothing to endear me to his work.)

 

[ruleslawyer]

To be honest, I can't think of a better Moonsea sourcebook than just packing all of Ed's Everwinking Eye columns into a softcover and selling it.

Sorry, but I have to agree with the naysayers on the MotM design concept. Not the execution; I thought you guys wrote some excellent source material. But having that source material play second fiddle to the adventures was, IMHO, a mistake. I also must confess (no offense, Wil or Darrin!) that I didn't really find the adventures particularly inspiring. The hooks that Ed put together in his articles made for excellent adventures (I ran a few) with a little more depth and introduction of new elements than what I'm seeing in MotM on initial read. (Also, to be honest, I find that both Curse of the Azure Bonds and Ruins of Adventure seem shoehorned into the Realms; they feel like they could be set anywhere given their generic flavor. Much prefer something like FA1 Halls of the High King for my buck.)

I don't buy FR novels, incidentally; which doesn't mean that I don't like sourcebooks with lots of flavor. I don't think those two viewpoints are irreconcilable.

I'd like to avoid rehash as best as possible; I understand that there are folks out there who can't get their hands on ESDs or eBay secondhand copies, but does that represent a large market? There are some areas that are crying out for development; the Cold Lands is one (I'd love a ground-up writeup on Vaasa and Damara, kinda like Unapproachable East's take on Narfell, Ashanath, etc.), and Cormyr/Sembia/Westgate haven't had a detailed treatment in a long, long time.

 

[d20Dwarf]

(Though the particular author above does nothing to endear me to his work.)

Sorry if I don't agree with your every word.

 

[Arnwyn]

Sorry if I don't agree with your every word.

Your snarky comment aside, I was referring to your particular design sensibilities simply not gelling with my preferences.

 

[WampusCat43]

Western Heartlands. All my campaigns have started in the quaint little village of Corm Orp...

 

[ruleslawyer]

Lantan, Nimbral, and Sossal - the only undetailed regions of the Realms.

Ooo; an Islands of Adventure regional book! (Sossal being an "island" in the icelocked sense, I guess... eh, that's kinda a stretch, I guess.)

Well, Nimbral has been covered recently, in a sense, in Ed's Realmslore column; maybe a similar treatment for Lantan? That would be more than adequate, IMHO, especially if detailed info on demographics, etc. were added by a bold fellow designer (since I know Ed doesn't really use much of the 3e engine to do this stuff). Sossal should really go into a Cold Lands book.

 

[Brakkart]

What was the official version? I don't even try to keep up with that kind of thing...

Officially she packed her bags, called time on the Abyss and rebuilt the Demonweb Pits as an entirely seperate plane all of its own, as well as expelling all the drow deities from it.

 

[Wraith Form]

Vilhon Reach

Isn't that the Serpent Kingdoms book?

(Darrin, can I get an amen?)