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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 3:37AM
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In the recent Book Wyrms: Elminster article, James Wyatt seems to say that Ed Greenwood will be lead designer for the next iterations of the Forgotten Realms Setting. I am really happy to learn that Ed will be at the helm of the Realms once again! ''Recently I've seen petitions and strong arguments that Wizards should let Ed design the Forgotten Realms for the next edition of the game. I couldn't agree more, and some of that work is already under way. The Forgotten Realms has changed a lot in the last 25 years, and although there are major themes and ideas and flavors that haven't changed at all, in some ways the Realms has veered away from Ed's original vision. He's always been on board the Realms ship, but he hasn't always been at the rudder (to use his own metaphor), and we are rectifying that even as we speak. Keep your eyes out for some big announcements along those lines in the coming months.''
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 3:53AM
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I say let Keith Baker design Forgotten Realms. It'll be really funny because he's too talented to screw it up on accident and too nice to screw it up on purpose, and then those Forgotten Realms fans will be forced to thank the creator of Eberron for getting their campaign setting back to the way it was.  Anyway, this might help restore some trust WotC lost with the Spellplague.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 5:38AM
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Anyway, this might help restore some trust WotC lost with the Spellplague.
yeah OMG i cant believe "that several gods were slain, they laid waste to huge territories, and tremendous physical chaos was let loose in the world. This changed not only the appearance of the land, but its political and social fabric as well."
oh wait thats quoted straight from the 2e realms  whoopsy daisy!i guess ill just conveniently COMPLETELY IGNORE the 2e realms bc it feels better to MAKE BELIEVE 4e was the first fr edition to do something like that. after all i am SUCH a realms aficionado!
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 5:54AM
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yeah OMG i cant believe "that several gods were slain, they laid waste to huge territories, and tremendous physical chaos was let loose in the world. This changed not only the appearance of the land, but its political and social fabric as well."
oh wait thats quoted straight from the 2e realms whoopsy daisy!
i guess ill just conveniently COMPLETELY IGNORE the 2e realms bc it feels better to MAKE BELIEVE 4e was the first fr edition to do something like that. after all i am SUCH a realms aficionado!
I don't play Realms so I wouldn't know. But however unreasonable the position may or may not be, it was still a hit to WotC's credibility. Letting the original creator take the wheel again seems like a nice olive branch to the FR people.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 6:04AM
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Letting the original creator take the wheel again seems like a nice olive branch to the FR people.
i dont disagree, if they had his name as 'lead' on the 4e realms, but did not change one single word of content, they would have loved it
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 6:07AM
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Spellplague wasn't enough cliché to figure in the forgotten realms setting. We want the return of non religious men ending in the wall of the faithless or waiting for the demons to eat what remains of their souls. Because everybody knows that there's no reason to not love gods in the forgotten realms 
"They are making it clear that when modern design and common sense come into conflict with tradition, tradition wins." - thecasualoblivion
"Vancian isn't broken, you just have to set your game to the wizard's clock!" - Oxybe
"In many ways, making a new edition of D&D is alot like trying to sell a car to the Amish." - Dwarfslayer
"Encounters are the heart of the AD&D game" - PHB AD&D 2nd edition.
"you shouldn't even bother trying to become like me." - Gary Gygax (Elfcrusher confirmed)
"Feel free to claim I said anything you like. How's someone going to call you out on it? Are they going to be all like, 'I know all of the things that Gary said, and that's not one of them?'"
- Gary Gygax
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 6:08AM
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Letting the original creator take the wheel again seems like a nice olive branch to the FR people.
i dont disagree, if they had his name as 'lead' on the 4e realms, but did not change one single word of content, they would have loved it
Good point. The next Eberron book could just be a bag of poop lit on fire and left on my porch, but if Keith Baker is credited as the lead then I'll hail it as a masterpiece.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 6:10AM
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Anyway, this might help restore some trust WotC lost with the Spellplague.
yeah OMG i cant believe "that several gods were slain, they laid waste to huge territories, and tremendous physical chaos was let loose in the world. This changed not only the appearance of the land, but its political and social fabric as well."
oh wait thats quoted straight from the 2e realms whoopsy daisy!
i guess ill just conveniently COMPLETELY IGNORE the 2e realms bc it feels better to MAKE BELIEVE 4e was the first fr edition to do something like that. after all i am SUCH a realms aficionado!
I liked what they did in 4th edition, but then again I know not everyone wants change but I don't see the point. Its like with Dragon Lance, people hated anything the did after Chronciles and Test of Twins...it was like they always wanted it to be the same place and play in the same world fighting the same fights. They didn't want it to change and when it did they all got pissy about. I loved that setting but I understood if your telling a story a real story then people die and things change.
Like restarting Spideman...these people don't care about making a good movie they only care about making money, Xmen fight Magneto again and again for 60 years...we can't have change in our geek worlds. I don't understand that. 4th edition FR took some chances and I respect them for that, actually 4th ed took chances with the whole thing and I respect them for that too. So I look to this next DnD with reversations because I don't know if I want to keep having the same fights year after year, or if I'm going to accept that things change. I don't know...I'm sure I'll be called names now.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 6:24AM
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Letting the original creator take the wheel again seems like a nice olive branch to the FR people.
i dont disagree, if they had his name as 'lead' on the 4e realms, but did not change one single word of content, they would have loved it
Good point. The next Eberron book could just be a bag of poop lit on fire and left on my porch, but if Keith Baker is credited as the lead then I'll hail it as a masterpiece.
Am I detecting a hint of sarcasm here?
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 6:35AM
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Am I detecting a hint of sarcasm here?
Kinda. But I do think I understand the mindset. There is literally nothing Keith Baker has ever suggested about Eberron that didn't make my games better. He seems to be an endless font of "Making your favorite setting even better." magic, so if his name is on the next Eberron book then I'm going to buy it and challenge anyone who doesn't like it to a knife fight.
I assume that Forgotten Realms people like Ed Greenwood, though I'm not sure if its quite to the same "Everything this person ever says about this setting is now official" level.
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