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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7148809" data-attributes="member: 6778044">Yeah, the soap opera of the gods, like the information I gave, is all centered around the Time of Troubles (to explain the shift from 1e to 2e), and in a handful of the many, many novels. It's really not important at all, other than it provides some background as to why the church of Bane hates and hunts followers of Cyric. The only other time that the nature of the gods has come into play is the mess around the start and end of 4e.And no, I'm not completely sure about the lore of the Time of Troubles because the last time I read through that stuff was back when it was released. But that could be in part because I thought the books were banal and the adventures even worse. Cyric was a bit more interesting in Ed's treatment in the "Shadow of the Avatar" series that finished the story. But I haven't read those since what, 1995? As I've stated before, I don't really have any interest in what's going on with the gods. My interest is in the material Realms. All I need to know is that the Banites hate and hunt Cyricists. And I really don't even need to know that, because I've never put any Cyricists in my campaign anyway. By far the best example of what the Forgotten Realms is really all about are the original Volo's Guides by Ed Greenwood. It's all about the interesting people and places of the Realms. The richness in detail and lore is primarily centered on that.</blockquote>

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