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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7499531" data-attributes="member: 37579">1st Edition AD&D was Greyhawk. The Forgotten Realms was not purchased until 1987, two years prior to 2e. 2e had no default setting and a myriad of non-FR settings were published.3e was Greyhawk by default.4e was the Nentir Vale by default. Why would they get away from FR? The whole point is that it's generic so it's easier to file off the serial numbers to use it in a homebrew world. Because if they make an actually generic world—like they did in 4e—they just end up slowly building a whole new setting piece by piece. And not having any details of the setting just means more work for DMs who don't homebrew. Because... the multiversal threats that are the Elemental Princes of Evil are limited to one single world? The reasons are pretty simple:* The majority of DMs use homebrew* The more non-generic the location, the harder it is to adapt to homebrew* Of the minority that doesn't use a homebrew setting, the Realms is the most popular by a wide, wide margin. (IIRC something like 5x as popular as the next most popular setting.)* As stated above, having completely generic locations is boring. (Who wants to adventure in the Ghost Tower of I_____???)* Going brand new actually makes much more work for the writers, as they have to invent 100% of the location rather than pulling from previous book. I'd rather them spend that time on the adventure and plot* If they don't publish Realms material each few year, the rights revert back to Ed Greenwood. They're not doing 6e in a couple years. 5e is selling far to well. And they're likely not leaving the Realms any time soon, beyond small side books to Magic the Gathering settings and PDFs.So... goodbye.</blockquote>

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