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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krafus" data-source="post: 7655248" data-attributes="member: 27256">This was a rather uninformative interview. The only part that surprised me was Perkins actually admitting that they hadn't done well by the setting during 4e. And the question I really wanted to see asked, wasn't:"Going forward, will there be more Realms novels published per year, and more authors writing those novels?"I've always been more of a fiction reader than a gamer, so to me, the novels have always been the most important part of the Realms. And, up until recently, while one could argue about the quality of Realms novels, no one could deny there was quantity, usually in the range of 10-12 novels a year. But for two years now we've been reduced to 5 a year, and going forward it seems to be the same, with 2 of those written by R.A. Salvatore. I don't dislike Salvatore, but his PG-13 writing just doesn't appeal to me the way it used to twenty years ago. The novels of Paul Kemp and Erik Scott de Bie were welcome breaths of fresh air... but they're not contracted to write new 5e novels (other than Kemp's Sundering novel). So for me, Realms novels are now lacking both quantity and quality, and therefore I just can't get enthused about the setting.</blockquote>