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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 7135396" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Sorry, I was imprecise. You've been saying you "have to" know all the Realms lore before you can decide on what to use or not use, if you were going to use them. Which you aren't. And then, "have to" know the lore to use even the maps. Circular arguments on your part, repeated over and over again. </p><p></p><p>When people refute these points, you just start over from the beginning. After awhile it all blended together, all I could remember was "but <strong>why</strong> should do I have to...?". Usually accompanied by mental images of a child stomping their feet and pouting. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I really don't think so. This:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds like the opposite of "Sell me on the Realms." Eventually you say "tell me what's so good about it", but really you just complain and reject everything out of hand. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The wealth of background material available. The hundreds of published adventures set in the Realms that you can run with minimal effort on your part. Active support from WOTC. A huge fanbase and knowledge base of people who have played in and run in the Realms for years, most of whom are very willing to answer questions, share stories, and talk about the more esoteric points of Realms Lore. </p><p></p><p>But all of that is the very thing you complain about, so yeah, if you think every positive thing is a drawback... You really shouldn't use the Realms. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. Because the Realms is a fantastic setting that <strong>DOES</strong> reference mountains of material. That's one of best parts. You don't need to use any of it, but it's there if you want to. </p><p></p><p>If you can't handle that...don't use the Realms.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And that sounds less and less believable every time you say it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then for god's sake, <strong>DON'T USE THE REALMS</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Based on what I've seen here, you'd just do poor job of it anyways.</p><p></p><p>So here's my pitch: Agree to <strong>never </strong>use the FR setting, and we'll never speak of this again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 7135396, member: 284"] Sorry, I was imprecise. You've been saying you "have to" know all the Realms lore before you can decide on what to use or not use, if you were going to use them. Which you aren't. And then, "have to" know the lore to use even the maps. Circular arguments on your part, repeated over and over again. When people refute these points, you just start over from the beginning. After awhile it all blended together, all I could remember was "but [B]why[/B] should do I have to...?". Usually accompanied by mental images of a child stomping their feet and pouting. I really don't think so. This: Sounds like the opposite of "Sell me on the Realms." Eventually you say "tell me what's so good about it", but really you just complain and reject everything out of hand. The wealth of background material available. The hundreds of published adventures set in the Realms that you can run with minimal effort on your part. Active support from WOTC. A huge fanbase and knowledge base of people who have played in and run in the Realms for years, most of whom are very willing to answer questions, share stories, and talk about the more esoteric points of Realms Lore. But all of that is the very thing you complain about, so yeah, if you think every positive thing is a drawback... You really shouldn't use the Realms. No. Because the Realms is a fantastic setting that [B]DOES[/B] reference mountains of material. That's one of best parts. You don't need to use any of it, but it's there if you want to. If you can't handle that...don't use the Realms. And that sounds less and less believable every time you say it. Then for god's sake, [B]DON'T USE THE REALMS[/B]. Based on what I've seen here, you'd just do poor job of it anyways. So here's my pitch: Agree to [B]never [/B]use the FR setting, and we'll never speak of this again. [/QUOTE]
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