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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7128840" data-attributes="member: 22779">Oh, and that's totally fair.&nbsp; If you want to use the Realms, go right ahead.&nbsp; If you want to pick and choose this or that, more power to you.&nbsp; I'm certainly not above yoinking maps or NPC's or whatnot.&nbsp; That's totally fair game.My response is more along the lines of, &quot;I don't use the Realms as a setting (instead of simply a resource) because the setting material is a roadblock to me getting into the setting.&nbsp; There's just too much of it for me to get into it.&quot;&nbsp; It's the same for Golarian.&nbsp; I'm using one of the Kingmaker maps in my current adventure, but, I'm not going to go out and start buying Golarian material just for that.&nbsp; I used it because I found it in a Google Image search, not because it was from Golarian.&nbsp; To give a different example, I wouldn't run a Star Wars game either.&nbsp; Simply because I know I couldn't do it justice.&nbsp; I've watched the movies, but, that's about it.&nbsp; I'm not an EU fan.&nbsp; The last Star Wars books I read were the Thrawn books back in what, the late 80's, early 90's?&nbsp; For me to even begin running a SW game, I'd have hours of homework to do and I'm just not interested.&nbsp; I'd play (and I have no problems playing in Forgotten Realms either), but I wouldn't run.&nbsp; If I was running a Space Opera game, I'd go with a different system and setting specifically so that I didn't have to do hours of homework to do it justice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7128840, member: 22779"] Oh, and that's totally fair. If you want to use the Realms, go right ahead. If you want to pick and choose this or that, more power to you. I'm certainly not above yoinking maps or NPC's or whatnot. That's totally fair game. My response is more along the lines of, "I don't use the Realms as a setting (instead of simply a resource) because the setting material is a roadblock to me getting into the setting. There's just too much of it for me to get into it." It's the same for Golarian. I'm using one of the Kingmaker maps in my current adventure, but, I'm not going to go out and start buying Golarian material just for that. I used it because I found it in a Google Image search, not because it was from Golarian. To give a different example, I wouldn't run a Star Wars game either. Simply because I know I couldn't do it justice. I've watched the movies, but, that's about it. I'm not an EU fan. The last Star Wars books I read were the Thrawn books back in what, the late 80's, early 90's? For me to even begin running a SW game, I'd have hours of homework to do and I'm just not interested. I'd play (and I have no problems playing in Forgotten Realms either), but I wouldn't run. If I was running a Space Opera game, I'd go with a different system and setting specifically so that I didn't have to do hours of homework to do it justice. [/QUOTE]

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