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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8122060" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>"FR but far away from waterdeep icewind dale daggerfor & so on" doesn't make it "generic fantasy". There are too many megapowerful groups doing the same nothing there that they do in the rest of the world. The gods are freakishly involved to the point of making stargate's Ori look positively subtle. There is no structure of trade/commerce & none of the problems that come from that gap because someone does it & never thought to make a mechant's alliance like happened in our history... Alternately someone did but none of the civilization advancing benefits & capitalistic negatives ever came up because that alliance never grew to bigger & better things for its members... or maybe both. </p><p></p><p>Any time you say "this looks like a useful thing for the plotline bob just kinda spawned/expressed interest in delving with the group." the second you look into it you find out that it is an empty shell made of <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContinuityPorn" target="_blank">continuity porn</a>, a do nothing <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AncientConspiracy" target="_blank">ancient conspiracy</a> that's probably not very ancient, & pointless <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GambitPileup" target="_blank">gambit pileups</a>. Just compare the tvtropes entry for <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms" target="_blank">forgotten realms</a> to the ones for <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/Eberron" target="_blank">eberron</a>, <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/DarkSun" target="_blank">darksun</a>, or even <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/Planescape" target="_blank">planescape</a>. Forgotten realms is not "generic fantasy", it's more "lost & found loose unconnected plot threads from every book story movie or video game to ever inspire someone"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8122060, member: 93670"] "FR but far away from waterdeep icewind dale daggerfor & so on" doesn't make it "generic fantasy". There are too many megapowerful groups doing the same nothing there that they do in the rest of the world. The gods are freakishly involved to the point of making stargate's Ori look positively subtle. There is no structure of trade/commerce & none of the problems that come from that gap because someone does it & never thought to make a mechant's alliance like happened in our history... Alternately someone did but none of the civilization advancing benefits & capitalistic negatives ever came up because that alliance never grew to bigger & better things for its members... or maybe both. Any time you say "this looks like a useful thing for the plotline bob just kinda spawned/expressed interest in delving with the group." the second you look into it you find out that it is an empty shell made of [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContinuityPorn']continuity porn[/URL], a do nothing [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AncientConspiracy']ancient conspiracy[/URL] that's probably not very ancient, & pointless [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GambitPileup']gambit pileups[/URL]. Just compare the tvtropes entry for [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms']forgotten realms[/URL] to the ones for [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/Eberron']eberron[/URL], [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/DarkSun']darksun[/URL], or even [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/Planescape']planescape[/URL]. Forgotten realms is not "generic fantasy", it's more "lost & found loose unconnected plot threads from every book story movie or video game to ever inspire someone" [/QUOTE]
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