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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7128693" data-attributes="member: 22779">I'm being told, repeatedly, that if I want to use the Realms, I just eject the stuff I don't want to use. Fair enough.&nbsp; But, there's an inbuilt assumption there that I have to actually know what I want to eject before I eject it.&nbsp; I mean, if I'm just going to (as one poster above suggests) only use the old Grey Box, sure, now I get a stripped down setting.&nbsp; But, at that point, what does FR have to offer that I can't get anywhere else?&nbsp; A nice map?&nbsp; Well, I've got <a href="http://www.cartographersguild.org" target="_blank">www.cartographersguild.org</a> for that - professional quality maps out the wazoo.&nbsp; Basic country descriptions?&nbsp; This is 2017, I've got ten thousand of those to choose from.&nbsp; Lists of NPC's?&nbsp; Heck, I can use online generators to create hundreds of those.So, again, what's the draw here?&nbsp; D&amp;D generic fantasy kitchen sink setting with no defining themes?&nbsp; Hey, yeah, let me jump right on that one.&nbsp; Look, if I'm going to strip out 99% of the material for the setting, there's nothing left in the FR that I can't get from a dozen other settings with equally high (or higher) production values and quality writing.Or, put it another way, if I'm only going to use Forgotten Realms for a single campaign once every decade or so, why would I use Forgotten Realms and not En World's own Zeitgeist setting?&nbsp; What does FR offer to me that Zeitgeist doesn't?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7128693, member: 22779"] I'm being told, repeatedly, that if I want to use the Realms, I just eject the stuff I don't want to use. Fair enough. But, there's an inbuilt assumption there that I have to actually know what I want to eject before I eject it. I mean, if I'm just going to (as one poster above suggests) only use the old Grey Box, sure, now I get a stripped down setting. But, at that point, what does FR have to offer that I can't get anywhere else? A nice map? Well, I've got [url]www.cartographersguild.org[/url] for that - professional quality maps out the wazoo. Basic country descriptions? This is 2017, I've got ten thousand of those to choose from. Lists of NPC's? Heck, I can use online generators to create hundreds of those. So, again, what's the draw here? D&D generic fantasy kitchen sink setting with no defining themes? Hey, yeah, let me jump right on that one. Look, if I'm going to strip out 99% of the material for the setting, there's nothing left in the FR that I can't get from a dozen other settings with equally high (or higher) production values and quality writing. Or, put it another way, if I'm only going to use Forgotten Realms for a single campaign once every decade or so, why would I use Forgotten Realms and not En World's own Zeitgeist setting? What does FR offer to me that Zeitgeist doesn't? [/QUOTE]

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