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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nymrohd" data-source="post: 4793213" data-attributes="member: 59126">FR, especially from the Time of Troubles and on (in our timeframe not that of the campaign setting) was indeed depicted as an increasingly high magic setting. One could probably argue that there is no place in FR that has not felt epic magic at some point in history (There have been dozens of massive empires that were all magocratic or theocratic in nature). In this manner I think FR perfectly suited the 3.5 rules; non-spellcasters simply did not belong in high level play unless they were bedecked in magic items. And honestly I think what pissed off most FR fans was not so much the destruction, the yet another death of Mystra or the weird dragonmen in Unther. It was the fact that 3E was preparing the setting for a massive built up on almost every region, and we never got to see the results. People had been waiting for the new kings of Cormyr and Impiltur, the war in Amn, the resurfacing of elven kingdoms, the redemption of the drow, the war of the old empires, the ramifications of an orc kingdom in the north, heck even the Vilhon Reach-Lake of Steam canal to all start making sense. All these and more hooks had been created during 3E and never really had a chance to be resolved in game because a year or two after they were done, the world blew up.</blockquote>