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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 17174" data-attributes="member: 4">I've played and DMed in the Realms since it came out, off and on, and enjoy it immensely.&nbsp; I wouldn't say it's my &quot;favorite&quot; (that goes to Planescape) but it's up there.&nbsp; Yes, it is a bit &quot;too many cooks&quot; in the sense that it is kind of a jumble of stuff.&nbsp; But so what.&nbsp; That just gives me more stuff to pick and choose from.&nbsp; The &quot;established facts&quot; are firm enough to build a foundation on, but not so firm that I can't change them (for instance, I'm about to kill off a god from the pantheon -- it'll be fun!).&nbsp; As for &quot;uber&quot; NPCs -- I've never seen it.&nbsp; Elminster has never been more than a plot device in my games and no one has even heard of Drizzt.&nbsp; True there are three Manshoons running around in my current game but they're very much in the background making it possible for lower level villains to do what they do.&nbsp; And with 3E ... level 20 is coming up awefully fast (in comparison to 2E, which meant anything over 10th level just didn't happen).&nbsp; Gotta have some &quot;uber&quot; enemies.&nbsp; I think the mentality that bothers me is the idea that one thing has to fail for something else to succeed.&nbsp; And maybe that's how many non-fans see it -- that their favorite will only get its day in the sun if the Realms take a dive.&nbsp; I just don't buy it.&nbsp; I think I should be able to like what I want to like and not have to worry about it, and I certainly won't go around telling people how stupid your favorite campaign setting is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 17174, member: 4"] I've played and DMed in the Realms since it came out, off and on, and enjoy it immensely. I wouldn't say it's my "favorite" (that goes to Planescape) but it's up there. Yes, it is a bit "too many cooks" in the sense that it is kind of a jumble of stuff. But so what. That just gives me more stuff to pick and choose from. The "established facts" are firm enough to build a foundation on, but not so firm that I can't change them (for instance, I'm about to kill off a god from the pantheon -- it'll be fun!). As for "uber" NPCs -- I've never seen it. Elminster has never been more than a plot device in my games and no one has even heard of Drizzt. True there are three Manshoons running around in my current game but they're very much in the background making it possible for lower level villains to do what they do. And with 3E ... level 20 is coming up awefully fast (in comparison to 2E, which meant anything over 10th level just didn't happen). Gotta have some "uber" enemies. I think the mentality that bothers me is the idea that one thing has to fail for something else to succeed. And maybe that's how many non-fans see it -- that their favorite will only get its day in the sun if the Realms take a dive. I just don't buy it. I think I should be able to like what I want to like and not have to worry about it, and I certainly won't go around telling people how stupid your favorite campaign setting is. [/QUOTE]

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