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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7125727" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>FR is successful for the same reason I don't like it*: It's a generic** fantasy, kitchen sink setting where all kinds of fantasy elements are thrown together without rhyme or reason.</p><p></p><p>As somebody who likes settings with a clear theme and concept, that annoys me. But for the Official D&D Setting, it almost <em>has</em> to be something like FR. D&D must accommodate everything from hack and slash, to high fantasy, to gothic horror, to steampunk intrigue, and on and on. A setting which focused on one of those would exclude the others. Because FR has a little bit of everything, it can "do" anything--not as well as a dedicated setting, but well enough.</p><p></p><p>As for Drizzt, I ain't fond of him, but he sells books, so that's another argument for FR as the Official Setting.</p><p></p><p>[SIZE=-2]*Note that I say "I don't like it," not "the community doesn't like it." I don't know how the community feels, and neither does anyone else who has not conducted some proper market research. And polls on ENWorld ain't market research.</p><p></p><p>**Except that it's got the Tolkien Triad (elves'n'dwarves'n'halflings) everywhere, which is actually very idiosyncratic and not generic at all, but you sure wouldn't know it the way D&D players talk.[/SIZE]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7125727, member: 58197"] FR is successful for the same reason I don't like it*: It's a generic** fantasy, kitchen sink setting where all kinds of fantasy elements are thrown together without rhyme or reason. As somebody who likes settings with a clear theme and concept, that annoys me. But for the Official D&D Setting, it almost [I]has[/I] to be something like FR. D&D must accommodate everything from hack and slash, to high fantasy, to gothic horror, to steampunk intrigue, and on and on. A setting which focused on one of those would exclude the others. Because FR has a little bit of everything, it can "do" anything--not as well as a dedicated setting, but well enough. As for Drizzt, I ain't fond of him, but he sells books, so that's another argument for FR as the Official Setting. [SIZE=-2]*Note that I say "I don't like it," not "the community doesn't like it." I don't know how the community feels, and neither does anyone else who has not conducted some proper market research. And polls on ENWorld ain't market research. **Except that it's got the Tolkien Triad (elves'n'dwarves'n'halflings) everywhere, which is actually very idiosyncratic and not generic at all, but you sure wouldn't know it the way D&D players talk.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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