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[Steampunkette]

It takes a lot of gumption to say that the creator of something doesn't understand their creation, but you do.

It's interesting how you read that into my post. But go off on that tangent I guess!

 

[Parmandur]

The below link suggests 750 miles of travel:

Encounter of the Week: The Road to Baldur’s Gate

The road from Waterdeep to Baldur’s Gate is long and winding. Follow as we travel down the Sword Coast over the next few months in preparation for...

www.dndbeyond.com

I got 1000 from just eyeballing the scale, 750 is probably more accurate.

I found an interesting comparison of the scale changes between editions on Reddit:

"2nd edition - Neverwinter is 146 miles north, and 298 miles west of Waterdeep.

3rd edition - Neverwinter is 80 miles north, and 94 miles west of Waterdeep.

4th edition - Neverwinter is 149 miles north, and 184 miles west of Waterdeep.

5th edition - Neverwinter is 151 miles north, and 304 miles west of Waterdeep"

 

[Maxperson]

Regardless, 1000 miles, 750 miles, or 5 miles. The distance is not relevant to whether or not we get a Forgotten Realms campaign setting. What we got in the Sword Coast is a sliver of the Realms no matter what size you give it, and one that has very little in the way of lore for an area that size. We got no Realms setting and we got no detailed area of any sort.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Regardless, 1000 miles, 750 miles, or 5 miles. The distance is not relevant to whether or not we get a Forgotten Realms campaign setting. What we got in the Sword Coast is a sliver of the Realms no matter what size you give it, and one that has very little in the way of lore for an area that size. We got no Realms setting and we got no detailed area of any sort.

The Realms are so ridiculously huge that trying to detail the entire setting in a single book is a foolish endeavor. The SCAG could have been better, yes, but WotC has given more in-depth explanation of various parts of the Realms through the many adventure paths that take place there.

 

[Maxperson]

The Realms are so ridiculously huge that trying to detail the entire setting in a single book is a foolish endeavor.

It has been done before. And done well. 3e is a good model for it.

The SCAG could have been better, yes, but WotC has given more in-depth explanation of various parts of the Realms through the many adventure paths that take place there.

I couldn't give a fig what is in an adventure path that I will never purchase because I don't run premade adventure paths. Those are not the setting and never will be, regardless of how much they include. Only a dedicated setting book/product will be the setting.

 

[Parmandur]

Regardless, 1000 miles, 750 miles, or 5 miles. The distance is not relevant to whether or not we get a Forgotten Realms campaign setting. What we got in the Sword Coast is a sliver of the Realms no matter what size you give it, and one that has very little in the way of lore for an area that size. We got no Realms setting and we got no detailed area of any sort.

IIRC, the Sword Coast area in SCAG is larger than Khorvaire.

 

[Maxperson]

IIRC, the Sword Coast area in SCAG is larger than Khorvaire.

Not relevant. No matter how you try to turn it, the Sword Coast can never be and will never be The Forgotten Realms, so will never, ever be The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.

 

[Parmandur]

It has been done before. And done well. 3e is a good model for it.

I couldn't give a fig what is in an adventure path that I will never purchase because I don't run premade adventure paths. Those are not the setting and never will be, regardless of how much they include. Only a dedicated setting book/product will be the setting.

That trian has already left the station: Setting and Adventure books are pretty solidly merged now.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

It has been done before. And done well. 3e is a good model for it.

I don't own the book. Did it center around Faerun, or did it explore the other sections of the world, too? How in-depth was its section on Maztica? Or Chult? Zakhara?

 

[Parmandur]

Not relevant. No matter how you try to turn it, the Sword Coast can never be and will never be The Forgotten Realms, so will never, ever be The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.

Eberron didn't detail much about three whole continents, and SCAG didn't detail everything about the area outside of a larger slice of Setting.