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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kanegrundar" data-source="post: 2112768" data-attributes="member: 3913">I gotta voice my opinion on FR as well.  It's an insanely detailed setting with hundreds of campaigns worth of ideas and place to explore.  However, it does have to ran correctly or the players will feel like second fiddles to the Elminsters and Drizzts of the world.  In the first FR campaign I played in, this happened.  Everytime we fought a BBEG, some major NPC was there to steal our thunder.  It made the campaign a total waste of time and nearly soured me on the setting.  That's the only time this has happened, and I've had a great time playing in the Realms each time after.The two settings that I've found myself playing second fiddle in the most are Dragonlance and Star Wars.  I think this stems mostly from the books always being tailored around certain characters.  Sure, there's some great background information in the novels and such for each series, but the timeline is only advanced by a certain, small selection of characters.  Plus, it seems like fans of these two settings seem to be more slavish to canon than most.  (That's not to say that all fans of DL or SW are canon slaves, but it does seem to happen a lot more frequently than with other settings, from my POV.)  This leads to GM's forcing the players into more of a side role than anything else.  I've played in some fun "side-role" campaigns, but most of the time I simply feel like I'm watching the world move on than really playing any part in it.Kane</blockquote>

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