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5 years ago ::
Mar 01, 2008 - 11:20PM
#11
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Date Joined:
Mar 22, 2001
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Northern Europe/Russia gets the Dalelands? What a colossal waste.
Neener neener neener. :P
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5 years ago ::
Mar 01, 2008 - 11:23PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 16, 2001
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What's wrong with Aglarond? Atleast we'll have the highest level wizard in the Realms as are ruler if she's still alive. 
Pretty sure she's no longer around, so we won't have her.
Aglarond also has some of the best bad guys in all the Realms as their neighbors. Who just doesn't like a good Thayian BBQ. 
Eh, Red Wizards. I'm already bored. Cormyr or the Dalelands would've been vastly superior, as you got not one major threat but two. The Shades and Zhentil Keep (Or hell, three if you want to count the Sembians as a separate opponent).
Oh well. I may be moving to California, anyway. Just wish I knew what the East Rift was. Doesn't sound very appealing, though. Especially if it's that hole that opened up in the Shaar near the Great Rift.
Neener neener neener. :P
Damn you. Damn you TO HELL! *shakes fist impotently* :P
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5 years ago ::
Mar 01, 2008 - 11:35PM
#13
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Date Joined:
Sep 17, 2003
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Damn you. Damn you TO HELL! *shakes fist impotently* :P
Worry not, regions are more for administrative purposes since modules are playable anywhere. We will welcome all players to our mighty region that spans from sea to shining sea, from Strait of Bering to Port of Rotterdam :D
Sampo Haarlaa
LFR Dalelands POC
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 1:25AM
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AAaaaaand Australia gets a blank sheet *yet again*. I sometimes wonder if WotC just uses us to fill in the blanks of their empty regions...
Oh well. Everything we've gotten so far has turned out to be fantastic, so I have no doubts this one will as well, just... yeah. Would have loved Tymanther. Or the Dalelands. Or something.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 1:35AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 22, 2004
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Three cheers for the midwest getting Waterdeep!
We only had to trade our economy to get it, too.
Three boos for the midwest getting Waterdeep. I'd rather it were a blank slate to work with.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 4:01AM
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Date Joined:
May 11, 2005
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Northern Europe/Russia gets the Dalelands? What a colossal waste.
That is an odd remark. One seems to be lacking confidence a bit.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 4:44AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 17, 2003
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That is an odd remark. One seems to be lacking confidence a bit.
I agree, perhaps the poster could elaborate a bit what he meant.
Sampo Haarlaa
LFR Dalelands POC
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 4:48AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 27, 2005
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Personally, having lived "near" Northern Europe* all my life, and knowing just how much effort the two of you have put into your LG regions, was happy to see you with The Dalelands.
*[To (poorly) quote the old newspaper headline, "fog in the channel, Europe cut off".]
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 6:39AM
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Well, given that Australia was one of the few places to receive a new region in Living Greyhawk, and both of our Living Greyhawk regions were blank sheets, I'm surprised that we got another one... we had more authors than we knew what to do with, heaps of players in most of our capital cities, almost a convention a week if you were looking... Again, not saying Dragon Coast will be bad. In fact, I'm confident it'll be the best region out there. Just... yeah. Another blank sheet...
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5 years ago ::
Mar 02, 2008 - 7:54AM
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Three boos for the midwest getting Waterdeep. I'd rather it were a blank slate to work with.
Trade ya for Canada's region.
Or Canada could be blessed with a region that they can truly make their own. Rewarding the strong roleplaying presence in the Great White North with a blank slate that they can turn into canon. But then again, I am in NEUS, so I went from Keoland to Cormyr. Everyone has their own cross to bear.
Which might be fun except for a few big problems.
1) Information. Everyone will need to buy the FR Campaign Setting and FR Player's Guide for information, especially the authors. To maintain a consistent feel we'll need some solid up-front info before even attempting adventures to avoid quick contradictions. Since RPGA staff isn't provided with advanced copies, how will contacted authors have adventures ready for release?
2) Extra work. Someone's going to have to sit down and write lengthy Player's Guides, like had to be done with Zief. Thankfully that turned out well but it has the potential for one person's vision dominating the region or a product of so-so quality.
3) Pointless. The novel authors and future expansion book writers aren't going to read our modules or care about what we've done, no matter what the PR says. We'll fill in the blank slate only to have it all eventually ignored. There might be a token effort early on, but eventually in 2 or 3 years someone's going to look at that nice big blank slate and set a published adventure or novel trilogy there and they won't be interested in reading through 400 pages of adventure module notes to check details.
4) No easy ideas. When someone says Cormyr you get some quick ideas. Knights, war wizards, medieval clothing, kings. When you say Akanul... nothing. What do they wear? How do they act? I know nothing. I don't even know where it is on the map! I wouldn't even know where to start until August and September when books I wasn't planning on buying just became a must-have to play the campaign. Good-bye $80.
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