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<blockquote data-quote="Ath-kethin" data-source="post: 7125882" data-attributes="member: 6798775"><p>My dislike of the Forgotten Realms is twofold: one part generational and one part defensive.</p><p></p><p>My introduction to D&D was through the Dragonlance Chronicles ( though I didn't know at the time that the books were based on or in any way related to a game). My love for the novels translated to a love for the setting, and at the time there was a great rivalry between the Realms and Dragonlance, at least in my area. So like a Cubs fan, I planted my flag and stood behind it rain or shine.</p><p></p><p>Side note: y'all can whine about "world shaking events" messing up your game with their silly metaplot, but at least they didn't MAKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAME out of your setting at any point. </fuming></p><p></p><p>My second reason for disliking the Realms is Al-Qadim. Like Eberron, Al-Qadim had distant gods that formed coherent religions instead of being a mess of squabbling high-power sacks of hit points waiting to be banged or killed by DMPC #41123. </p><p></p><p>Al-Qadim existed outside the FR timeline and metaplot (no dates corresponding to a FR calendar were ever given in any AQ product). I loved Al-Qadim, and to pollute it with FR claptrap would mean figuring out what all the AQ gods were doing during the Let's Kill Some Off For No Reason period - a tough task when only the vaguest information about each god was known. </p><p></p><p>While some have tried to rectify the two worlds into a coherent timeline, I vote leave well enough alone. Especially since the FR already has cultures with the same mythological and historical reports as Al-Qadim. Keep your generic Tolkien knock-offs and keep your damn hands off my evocative and distinct world.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, defensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ath-kethin, post: 7125882, member: 6798775"] My dislike of the Forgotten Realms is twofold: one part generational and one part defensive. My introduction to D&D was through the Dragonlance Chronicles ( though I didn't know at the time that the books were based on or in any way related to a game). My love for the novels translated to a love for the setting, and at the time there was a great rivalry between the Realms and Dragonlance, at least in my area. So like a Cubs fan, I planted my flag and stood behind it rain or shine. Side note: y'all can whine about "world shaking events" messing up your game with their silly metaplot, but at least they didn't MAKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAME out of your setting at any point. </fuming> My second reason for disliking the Realms is Al-Qadim. Like Eberron, Al-Qadim had distant gods that formed coherent religions instead of being a mess of squabbling high-power sacks of hit points waiting to be banged or killed by DMPC #41123. Al-Qadim existed outside the FR timeline and metaplot (no dates corresponding to a FR calendar were ever given in any AQ product). I loved Al-Qadim, and to pollute it with FR claptrap would mean figuring out what all the AQ gods were doing during the Let's Kill Some Off For No Reason period - a tough task when only the vaguest information about each god was known. While some have tried to rectify the two worlds into a coherent timeline, I vote leave well enough alone. Especially since the FR already has cultures with the same mythological and historical reports as Al-Qadim. Keep your generic Tolkien knock-offs and keep your damn hands off my evocative and distinct world. Like I said, defensive. [/QUOTE]
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