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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philosopher" data-source="post: 5295570" data-attributes="member: 76803">The thing I love the most about the Realms is all of the various power groups and organizations that the PCs can encounter/fight/join/etc. Sometimes it's taken a little too far for my tastes (keeping track of everyone's machinations in Greenwood's novels can be dizzying at times), but the basic concept is golden. Rather than just being the good guys fighting against some bad guy and his minions, you can have a whole network of good guys and bad guys. If the PCs want to go it on their own, they can do so (and I'd consider playing down influence of the Harpers, say, if that's what the players want). But if the PCs are part of an organization, they can have support, which allows them to tackle larger scale missions, almost like working for the CIA or some such thing.While I've never actually DMed in the Realms, the various power groups have had a strong influence on my homebrew.</blockquote>