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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7131455" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>I've seen this suggested a few times in this thread, but, it doesn't really convince me of anything. The main draw, as far as I can see, of using the FR is that you have this huge trove of information to draw from. But, if I'm ejecting 99% of that (which is what you're suggesting here), then what's the draw? If all I'm going to use is a couple of source books, why would I choose to use FR and not any of a hundred other settings out there? </p><p></p><p>Telling me that I can ignore 99% of the material is hardly a selling point for the setting.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But, again, missing my point. It's great for you, since you're already invested in the setting. Fantastic. For me, that's a word salad of a bunch of proper nouns that I have no real connection to. Which means if I want to actually use that material, I have a fair bit of homework to do. Again, no thanks. If I have to spend all that time and money (or hunting through the FR wiki) just to understand this, then that's a very large roadblock to anyone new to the setting.</p><p></p><p>Take this single line:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Who now? Who are the Twisted Rune? Mindscour? What's that? I presume some sort of memory search, but, in context, it appears to be something I should know the meaning of. And that's my point - from the perspective of someone with only a general overview of the Realms, this is gibberish. It has virtually no meaning and no context. So, if I want to actually understand this single point, I'm going to have to go hunting through the Wiki. Again and again and again.</p><p></p><p>And all that work just so I can understand the background of a single being that doesn't actually appear in the Adventure Path that I'm actually running. ((Or, at least shouldn't appear if the PC's do their jobs <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7131455, member: 22779"] I've seen this suggested a few times in this thread, but, it doesn't really convince me of anything. The main draw, as far as I can see, of using the FR is that you have this huge trove of information to draw from. But, if I'm ejecting 99% of that (which is what you're suggesting here), then what's the draw? If all I'm going to use is a couple of source books, why would I choose to use FR and not any of a hundred other settings out there? Telling me that I can ignore 99% of the material is hardly a selling point for the setting. But, again, missing my point. It's great for you, since you're already invested in the setting. Fantastic. For me, that's a word salad of a bunch of proper nouns that I have no real connection to. Which means if I want to actually use that material, I have a fair bit of homework to do. Again, no thanks. If I have to spend all that time and money (or hunting through the FR wiki) just to understand this, then that's a very large roadblock to anyone new to the setting. Take this single line: Who now? Who are the Twisted Rune? Mindscour? What's that? I presume some sort of memory search, but, in context, it appears to be something I should know the meaning of. And that's my point - from the perspective of someone with only a general overview of the Realms, this is gibberish. It has virtually no meaning and no context. So, if I want to actually understand this single point, I'm going to have to go hunting through the Wiki. Again and again and again. And all that work just so I can understand the background of a single being that doesn't actually appear in the Adventure Path that I'm actually running. ((Or, at least shouldn't appear if the PC's do their jobs :D )) [/QUOTE]
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