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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 4448431" data-attributes="member: 14848">Which is one thing that disappoints me about it.  They give just a couple of plot hooks for each section but for the most part nothing really new or detailed.  The plot hooks tend to just start to get interesting but then they cut it off.  They should have give at least one good plot hook fully detailed so the DM who doesn't have time to work things out fully could have something to work with.  Give us NPCs involved, sample encounter for a given region, a map of the ruins, or any other detail to add more depth to it.The threat section is nice, but I hate to say it, boring!  Everything in it is rehashed from every previous edition.  Where's the brand spanking new threat for a whole new era of FR?  Throughout the evolution of FR the primary villains haven't changed other than one faction became more predominate than another.  First edition was a mix with no coherent threat, then Bane was the force to be reckoned with followed by Cyric, but both still centered around Zhentil Keep for the most part.  Dragon Cult saw a rise through the editions as well.  Red Wizards also seemed to always be prominent.  Nethril's return has kind of meets the need but they came in at the end of third edition so not really new other than now we have source material.  The point is with a new edition they could have introduced a whole new faction or overall threat to the Realms for the PCs to face but they stuck with all the old stuff or at least derivatives.  Part of making it new for the old players one would think would include a new major force.  Perhaps Abeir would have brought some major threat with it poised to strike at the heart of Toril and conquer all of Faerun.</blockquote>

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