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<blockquote data-quote="Sunderstone" data-source="post: 1787819" data-attributes="member: 23497">Ive owned just about all the material of the setting at one point or another, but I think I prefer 3rd edition.There may not be as many regional supplements as prior editions YET, but I like the new regional HC books more. Coupled with Prestige Classes and books like Frostburn and the Draconomicon, it takes a life of it's own for myself and my group.As far as creative limitations imposed on a DM due to certain movers and shakers aroound (elminster, driz'zt etc), I also disagree there. I simply dont have them or have altered them to an extent. For example, Driz'zt has vanished in Icewind Dale, and and there are rumors of an old and powerful reclusive wizard around the Shadowdale area though no one has seen him.Powerful leaders like the Simbul and Alustriel are a little harder to hide, but so far I have the Simbul in a mysterious catatonic, meditative state and her subordinates cannot seem to rouse her. Powerful and Evil NPCs are so much easier due to the fact that their plots often keep them at odds with eachother anyway or some may want certain catastrophes to happen so they might seize opportunities.However, I do think these insanely powerful NPCs are a large headache to DMs who want to be able to craft epic adventures, after all why bother if the party gets defeated, they can relax knowing that Elminster would never let any harm come to the Dalelands. It may take some altering to Realms lore and history but in the long run its worth it.Just my opinions... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunderstone, post: 1787819, member: 23497"] Ive owned just about all the material of the setting at one point or another, but I think I prefer 3rd edition. There may not be as many regional supplements as prior editions YET, but I like the new regional HC books more. Coupled with Prestige Classes and books like Frostburn and the Draconomicon, it takes a life of it's own for myself and my group. As far as creative limitations imposed on a DM due to certain movers and shakers aroound (elminster, driz'zt etc), I also disagree there. I simply dont have them or have altered them to an extent. For example, Driz'zt has vanished in Icewind Dale, and and there are rumors of an old and powerful reclusive wizard around the Shadowdale area though no one has seen him. Powerful leaders like the Simbul and Alustriel are a little harder to hide, but so far I have the Simbul in a mysterious catatonic, meditative state and her subordinates cannot seem to rouse her. Powerful and Evil NPCs are so much easier due to the fact that their plots often keep them at odds with eachother anyway or some may want certain catastrophes to happen so they might seize opportunities. However, I do think these insanely powerful NPCs are a large headache to DMs who want to be able to craft epic adventures, after all why bother if the party gets defeated, they can relax knowing that Elminster would never let any harm come to the Dalelands. It may take some altering to Realms lore and history but in the long run its worth it. Just my opinions... :) [/QUOTE]

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