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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obergnom" data-source="post: 5402194" data-attributes="member: 7145">Yeah, I should have said "the best published P&P RPG Worlds" or something like that.I mostly agree with you. I personally keep changes done to the realms in my campaigns done by totally different groups of players over the course of editions. In 1363 DR a demonic incursion destroyed the Monastery of the Red Rose. In 1370 DR Waterdeep was under a globe of darkness and despair. Giants invaded northern Cormyr in 1373 DR and destroyed the city of Tilverton, which is why today Ashabenford is a big city, the capital of the dales and called Bard's Gate... these changes did not even happen with the same groups of players, but I like them and change newer incarnations of the setting accordingly... Personally I like newer versions of settings and advancing time lines, because it seems like the rest of the setting is changing too, not just the part we play in. And you can always use all these events happening somewhere else to flesh out descriptions in the local game.And this is where the new realms fall flat for me. The events of the last 100 years are not detailed, most regions are without any significant information etc. All that is left are the parts I advanced myself to fit my version of the realms... that is, the Dalelands, Northern Cormyr, Waterdeep and Damara... the rest feels rather empty.</blockquote>