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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kennew142" data-source="post: 4056930" data-attributes="member: 18490">I doubt that the 4e FR will be as different from the 3e FR as some people seem to think. If you were running a game in Maztica or Mulhorand, I'm sure that the setting will seem very different to you. But the FR has always focused on Sword Coast, Western Heartlands, the North, Moonsea, Cormyr and the Dales. We've been told that Waterdeep, Cormyr and the Dales are still around. I would be very surprised if they've eliminated any of the rest of these regions.The weave is gone. Much like any other RSE (and love them or hate them, they've been part of the FR canon), this plot will change things. Mystra/Midnight is no more, and evil magicians no longer have to worry that their access to magic will be cut off just because the goddess of magic is NG. But I predict that magicians will still be important in the FR. Sun and Moon elves (mechanically now Eladrins) will still be more powerful and have access to greater magical rituals than anyone else.Many powerful NPCs will no longer be with us due to the new editions focus on the PCs instead of background NPCs who can do all the adventures for you. But Elminster and Drizz't are still around. I would suspect that we will also see the Serpent and Artemis Entreri soon.Some nations have been subsumed by the return of abeir, but the ones that have always been iconically the FR will remain. Mostly this means getting rid of historical analogue regions and adding some wilderlands back onto the map, hopefully for the GMs to develop in their own campaigns.There is no doubt that the changes mentioned thus far will have tremendous effect on long running campaigns that have followed the FR canon over the years, campaigns where numerous PCs interact with the political status quo. IMO the new FR will be closer to the feel of the Gray Box. As a very long time fan, I hope that I am right.BTW, all of my groups FR campaigns (three right now) were approaching their natural conclusions anyway. We've been working out the future stories of our soon-to-be retired characters so that they will have an impact on the new FR campaign that will be starting up ASAP. Many of us are looking forward to playing descendants of these original characters.</blockquote>

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