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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 5002244" data-attributes="member: 2673">They aren't removed, the PCs and the populace at large still believe in them!That's sort of the whole point and theme behind the thing.  The "real" realms is a terrible place full of suffering and death, so the people create fantastic stories based loosely on real people/places/events.  The believe that the renegade drow with a heart of gold is out trying to redeem himself.  They believe that there's a lost city full of elven wonder in that dark forest.  They believe that the Seven Sisters swoop in and save poor hardworking peasants from monsters all the time.  They believe that the most powerful wizard in the world lives three Dales over.Its these stories that give the PC, and the people at large, hope.  And when the PCs discover that these are lies, what will they do with that knowledge?  Will they try to convince people of the truth?  Not likely to get a warm reception, and even if you're successful all you've done is taken their hope from them.  Will the PCs strive to be the great heroes of the Realms, only 'for real'.I'm not hating on them by referring to this version as the Real Realms.  I'm referring to an ideal Realms, the ones that most people know and play in.  That's the Realms these people dream of.I'd love to, but PBP doesn't work for me.  Not something I'd get to do in the forseable future, as I don't think any of my current players were ever that into FR.  And if the players don't know it, it won't work.LOL, Elminster is literally Ed Greenwood.  Love it.One thing I'd keep at least partially, is Cormyr.  No, they don't have wizards running all over the place, but the Purple Dragons are very much real.  One of the best places to live overall, as their knights are fed these stories morning noon and night.  You can't make things too grimdark, there has to be something worth fighting for.It occurs to me that thematically it would work well with 4e's light in the darkness idea.</blockquote>

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