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What regions/places comprise the East Rift?
Is that the great rift by chance or a combination of several places?

I was having a look here and was having trouble narrowing down the East Rift.

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Geography

I don't mind the "clean slate" or the dominant race being non-human. At least there are plenty of ruins and adventuring opportunities. Playing a descendant of Chondath refugees might be a good back story. I believe I saw a reference to enemy Aboleths harassing the genasi - and I love to hate abominations. But I don't get the impression that Akanul will be strong in urban adventures.

And I'm guessing they'd =like= to allow us Canucks to create genasi, but even once they are published in September (Forgotten Realms Players Guide), it might not be "fair" without RPGA Rewards cards. Hmmm - maybe they can give each region a PC Creation option. Or maybe they'll let us play using Human stats until the Genasi rules are released and then convert. At any rate, the (presumably) limited quantity of background information might make it harder to immerse ourselves in the region right away.

Still, if I may ask our Canadian Regional Admins one question, it would be:
Why do you think this will be a good Home Region and not just somewhere to visit?

I suppose I should put my words into context. I'm a longtime Greyhawk fan but I've gotten into the Realms. However, I am optimistic about the LFR campaign and I'm trying to put write my above thoughts in a positive tone. Cheers.

Northern Europe/Russia gets the Dalelands? What a colossal waste.

I'm not to thrilled with my choices, either. If I stay in Florida, I've got Aglarond. But if I move out to California, I've got the East Rift. Either way, talk about completely uninteresting. I got no clue what the East Rift even is. *sigh* Oh well. Least you can play in any region, if you can find a group who wants to play in that region.