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10 months ago ::
Aug 17, 2012 - 3:53PM
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I'm liking it and it's actually tempting me to play in the new Forgotten Realms setting. But that said, we've got this wealth of 2nd ed books on the Forgotten Realms just chock full of lore waiting to be used. I'm thinking I'll still want to move the timeline back to 1370 DR unless my players really get upset with me. Just so I can take advantage of it all, ESPECIALLY if they're going to start releasing old PDFs. That said, a second reason to move time back (not just to take advantage of all that lore) was to bring in the idea that "anything can happen." I'm glad to see that idea is making it's way into core FR. The big surprise for me is to find out that Troy Denning is a guy 
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10 months ago ::
Aug 17, 2012 - 4:11PM
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To quote what Erik S. de Bie -who's in the new FR development team- posted on CK:
Official news:
No retcons, no reboots.
Gods are coming back.
The worlds are coming apart again.
The Spellplague is being solved.
Lore support for multiple eras is on the table.
Questions?
Cheers
Sounds encouraging, especially considering that it's official news, and not just some hint.
Nice ! Thanks Irennan for the good news. 
Anything else Erik said about the Realms ? 
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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10 months ago ::
Aug 17, 2012 - 4:14PM
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Someone know who else's on the new FR development team apart from Erik ?
Yan
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10 months ago ::
Aug 17, 2012 - 4:27PM
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To quote what Erik S. de Bie -who's in the new FR development team- posted on CK:
Official news:
No retcons, no reboots.
Gods are coming back.
The worlds are coming apart again.
The Spellplague is being solved.
Lore support for multiple eras is on the table.
Questions?
Cheers
Sounds encouraging, especially considering that it's official news, and not just some hint.
Nice ! Thanks Irennan for the good news.
Anything else Erik said about the Realms ?
You're welcome. And -AFAIK- nothing else specific has been said about the Realms yet, aside that (surprisingly, to me at least) WotC has been monitoring all the discussions about the FR on CK, here, and on other sites, and that requests, proposals and constructive criticism has been and will be listened.
As for the people on the team, among the freelancers (as far as I understand, and besides Erik) Ed (obviously), Eric Boyd, George Krashos, Brian James, Brian Cortijo and the authors of the Sundering novels are in it. Among the official WotC people, James Wyatt and Matt Sernet are involved.
This looks promising, but I'm kinda annoyed by the 2 years ''flat'' period...
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10 months ago ::
Aug 17, 2012 - 4:59PM
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I love you!
Looks promising indeed, The Realms are in good hands!
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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10 months ago ::
Aug 17, 2012 - 9:30PM
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These announcements are, for the most part, extremely welcome. Almost all of the components I'll echo those who said they would like to see Elaine Cunningham amongst the Sundering Six (make it the Sundering Seven!). It wouldn't have hurt to have another female writer on board and maybe another female lead character. Perhaps she could have helped clean up the Halruaa situation.
As will I. I honestly can't say how much I have missed seeing Elaine write for the Realms. Also, as much as I have missed such major personalities as Liriel, Arilyn, Danilo and even Elaith, I would like to see the stories of others continued too (to copy a list of my own from a post from 3 years ago Queen Free, Mother Laspeera and "Alusair, Dauntless, Myrmeen Lhal, Caladnei, Piergeiron Paladinson, Danilo Thann, Arilyn Moonblade, Mirt, Durnan, Asper, Tessaril Winter, Giogioni & Cat Wyvernspur, Glarasteer Rhauligan, Cassandra Thann, Matteo, Narnra Shalace, Tzigone, Taern Hornblade, The Knights and Thorn")
Most of these people aren't the Elminsters, Drizzts or even Chosen of the Realms. They might be rich, royalty or powerful (some of them) but most of them are (mostly) human dealing with things as and how they can. I enjoy those stories the most (though I will admit to an abiding love of "Uncle Weirdbeard" and his adoptive daughters), and in fact my favourite story fragment (so far) in all of Realms writing features, a character so minor that she never appeared in any other text apart from a few paragraphs in that one book!
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I always saw the High Level NPCs as shepherds of the Realms not its defenders. Making sure that not too many sheep were lost as they milled around (as they are wont to do) and bringing on the young'uns into the job. In that way a shepherd never has time to go and hunt down all of the wolves but is pretty dashed effective at keeping them away from the sheep when they rear their heads. "It was a puzzle why things were always dragged kicking and screaming. No one ever seemed to want to, for example, lead them gently by the hand." - Terry Pratchett
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10 months ago ::
Aug 18, 2012 - 5:50AM
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Anyone has more info on the Sundering from What is the Sundering Seminar on Friday ? Friday, August 17th
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10 months ago ::
Aug 18, 2012 - 10:21AM
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I'm waiting for them to put up the video footage of "What is the Sundering?" so I can update the main post. I've also been browsing CK for more info but it doesn't seem like there's anything new atm.
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"I don't like X, they should remove it."
"I like X, they should keep it."
"They should replace X with Y."
"Anybody that likes X is dumb. Y is better."
"Why don't they include both X and Y."
"Yeah, everybody can be happy then!"
"But I don't like X, they should remove it."
"X really needs to be replaced with Y."
"But they can include both X and Y."
"But I don't like X, they need to remove it."
"Remove X, I don't like it."
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Obstinance?
Until you've had an in-law tell you your choice of game was stupid, and just Warcraft on paper, and dumbed down for dumber players who can't handle a real RPG, you haven't lived.
You haven't lived.
Lady and gentlemen.... I present to you the Edition War without Contrition, the War of the Web, the Mighty Match-up!
We're using standard edition war rules. No posts of substance. Do not read the other person's posts with comprehension. Make frequent comparison to video games, MMOs, and CCGs. Use the words "fallacy" and "straw man", incorrectly and often. Passive aggressiveness gets you extra points and asking misleading and inflammatory questions is mandatory. If you're getting tired, just declare victory and leave the thread. Wait for the buzzer... and....
One, two, three, four, I declare Edition War
Five, six, seven eight, I use the web to 
Go!
D&D should not return to the days of blindfolding the DM and players. No tips on encounter power? No mention of expected party roles? No true meaning of level due to different level charts or tiered classes? Please, let's not sacrifice clear, helpful rules guidelines in favour of catering to the delicate sensibilities of the few who have problems with the ascetics of anything other than what they are familiar with.
Just a quick note on the MMORPG as an insult comparison...
MMORPGs, raking in money by the dumptruck full. Many options, tons of fans across many audiences, massive resources allocated to development.
TTRPGs, dying product. Squeaking out an existence that relys on low cost. Fans fit primarily into a few small demographics. R&D budgets small, often rushed to market and patched after deployment.
You're not really making much of an argument when you compare something to a MMORPG and assume people think that means bad. Lets face it, they make the money, have the audience and the budget. We here on this board are fans of TTRPGs but lets not try to pretend none of us play MMORPGs.
Adding options at the system level is good.
Adding options at the table level is hard.
Removing options at the system level is bad.
Removing options at the table level is easy.
This is not complicated.
Something like Tactical Shift is more magical than martial healing.
Telling someone to move over a few feet is magical now? :|
I weep for this generation.
Given the laziness and morbid obsesity amongst D&Ders, being able to convince someone to get on their feet, do some heavy exercise, and use their words to make them be healthier must seem magical.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 18, 2012 - 10:26AM
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I'm waiting for them to put up the video footage of "What is the Sundering?" so I can update the main post. I've also been browsing CK for more info but it doesn't seem like there's anything new atm.
I'm very curious too... While I'm bitter and cynical when it comes to the Realms, I want to see the dream team (with Ed of course) prove me wrong. This is the first time in a while (Okay, Ed's upcoming gamebook REALLY HELPS) in a while that I've been optimistic and excited for something Realms related.
Disgruntled ghost of the Knights of W.T.F.
(Keep D&D alive, end the edition wars!)
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Disclaimer: Most of my posts are based on opinions (and are sometimes humorous, other times inspirational)
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10 months ago ::
Aug 18, 2012 - 5:51PM
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Here's a blog entry on the Neuroglyph Games site about GenCon. Scroll down the page to, well, learn nothing much at all about the Sundering. It sounds like the seminar was advertising for the novels rather than details about the Sundering itself.
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