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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 16341" data-attributes="member: 871">First, I do want to say that I;m much more of a Lankhmar fan than a Relams fan---prefer a low-magic setting & a bit more nitty-gritty than epic settings like the Realms or Krynn.For the most part, I have to agree with Neowolf & Psion---it suffers from too many cooks (unavoidable with the sheer number of novels based in the Realms), & it is a bit too well defined.It's this excess of detail which, IMHO, acts as a double-edged sword; it grants an immense amount of detail to work with, yet it's a mountain of reading in its own right.  The works created for the setting can generate interest, but it can also bring about excessive attention to continuity & detail from the staunchest of fans.I find the same problem to be true with other popular settings, such as Marvel, DC, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dragonlance, even Lord of the Rings, all of which have/had/will have RPGs based on them.  I think that this problem is worse with ongoing sources such as comic books.I don't like the high-powered epic feel of the setting; the gods are too involved in mortal affairs, & the Gandalf-like character of Elminster (even more so with his role as a sword-wielding  Chosen of Mystra, much like the sword-wielding Maiar that is Gandalfl and, there is additional Chosen of Mystra as there are addtional Istari, such as Saruman and Radagast)---the personalities are different, but they are cast from similar molds.And, as a final note, I dislike the use of an entire Egyptian pantheon in the Realms---it's been done before (Palladium Fantasy is a good example of this).  I think I would accept it a bit more if it were more piecemeal, like a lot of the borrowed gods in FR---the Norse Tyr, Finnish Mielikki & Loviatar, Celtic Oghma, Roman Silvanus (listed as Celtic in the old 1st Ed. Deities & Demigods), etc.  I don't mind this being done in homebrew campaigns, but it does bother me when it's done in published settings---if the deities are going to be invented, then go all the way instead of halfway.I liked the Realms back in the old. 1st. Ed grey box days, when Drizzt only appeared in the Icewind Dale Trilogy, & I anticipated playing the original Pool of Radiance module.  However, since the Time of Troubles, the Realms have lost its appeal for me.Oh well, just MHO.</blockquote>

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