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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adlon" data-source="post: 4447246" data-attributes="member: 1972">/agreeswithjoeIt's definately FRCS Lite. I ran thru my Grey Box, and IT totally destroys the FRCG on content and immediate playability....as does the 3e book.It's important to note :IME, the overall appeal of the FRCS to most DM's, was the fact that you can be a lazy DM. I fit into this category. I work, come home, put some prep time into my game.I want to work on the game session for the upcoming evening, not stat out NPC's, flesh out towns, populations, products and services available. With all the NPC's fleshed out already, in FR books and 3pp NPC compendiums/materials, getting a 7th lvl BBEG was a no brainer. Change name, few this or that in stat block, done. The FR material handled the geography/demographics, and most of the NPC's pertaining to towns/cities and the like.So, to me, and MOST others I've come across using FR, it was the convenience, and the availability of materials for the FR, that was the initial appeal for many of us. These are the same reasons so many DISLIKE FR, and thats fine and dandy. If you have time/gumption to DIY, then thats great.You can literally take the Old Grey Box, and the core books, start out with the Beast Tamers, and go for years, with no other material. Same for the 2e Box, though not as meaty as the Grey Box, and the 3e book. Technically, for the lazy DM, you're set.No so with the FRCG. Comments I see are 'it's better, it's alot more open for ME to do things as a DM.Nothing wrong there. Thats a DM of the other school, who has the time/gumption to do it him/herself. DM's who have traditionally passed on FRCS might just warm up to it now, as you have that massive open availability compared to previous versions.For me, the book is terrible. Aside from my extreme dislike of WHAT they've done to the Realms I adopted years ago, the book, on its own as a CS, for me the lazy DM, is severely lacking, and the map is about the most horrible, rushed map I've ever seen. The preview of the Great Dale only promises more FR Lite in future products.</blockquote>

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