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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 16168" data-attributes="member: 172">Might I suggest that perhaps your view is skewed a little. Though I wouldn't deny that your cited reasons exist, I personally (and others I have met) don't like FR because:D) Despite their claims to the contrary, the PCs are not well poised to play the role of the protagonist in FR. Instead, characters are always trapped in the long shadow of a weakly vieled Mary Sue character. The death of Elminster (or being made into a permanently ineffectual ghost) would do immesurable good for the setting.E) Too many cooks. FR has some really good elements. Problem is that it has too many elements, all thrown in the pot just so it can own that characteristic. Planescape and Greyhawk in particular are heavily borrowed from. FR is a Morass that have glommed on to every bit that they could throw into the pot and as a result, it has no true distinctiveness of its own.Which are perfectly valid reasons not to like the realms. That said, the realms are great to cherry pick from. Just wouldn't want to run or play there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 16168, member: 172"] Might I suggest that perhaps your view is skewed a little. Though I wouldn't deny that your cited reasons exist, I personally (and others I have met) don't like FR because: D) Despite their claims to the contrary, the PCs are not well poised to play the role of the protagonist in FR. Instead, characters are always trapped in the long shadow of a weakly vieled Mary Sue character. The death of Elminster (or being made into a permanently ineffectual ghost) would do immesurable good for the setting. E) Too many cooks. FR has some really good elements. Problem is that it has too many elements, all thrown in the pot just so it can own that characteristic. Planescape and Greyhawk in particular are heavily borrowed from. FR is a Morass that have glommed on to every bit that they could throw into the pot and as a result, it has no true distinctiveness of its own. Which are perfectly valid reasons not to like the realms. That said, the realms are great to cherry pick from. Just wouldn't want to run or play there. [/QUOTE]

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