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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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 Posted - 05 Jan 2010 : 12:34:06
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| I mostly use a modified Grey box Realms with the 2ed. rules with 2.5 ed. added if needed or fitting. That is if I use a D&D system at all. The early Realms are the ones I am most comfortable with and 2ed. is simply the system I am used to and the one that fits me best. If it works why fix it? The 2.5 rules can become clunky, but they are great if you are running small groups with one to three players and so some parts of these books can enhance the game. |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2010 : 12:50:17
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Originally posted by Surly Dwarf
I will never play 4th. ed or buy the new realms guide, the less I know of it the better.
Your perception of 4e, based off the comments of others (by your own admittance of refusing to know much of it), is determining your opinion?    |
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ZeshinX
Learned Scribe
Canada
210 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2010 : 15:23:02
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While I am currently not playing (unfortunately), I prefer the 3/3.5 system, simply due to the highly customizable nature as it relates to characters.
I started playing at the 1e/2e transition, so I have a very warm place in my heart for the 2e system (including Skills and Powers). If and when I manage to get a group together to play again, I may even decide to indulge my memories and run a 2e game. |
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Zorro
Seeker
Germany
82 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2010 : 17:58:48
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A heavily houseruled 3e in a massively changed Realms. Every little thing about the New Realms turned me off, so I had no reason to throw my money at WotC for 4e. Later I got the 4e PHB as a present, and to this day it just takes up valuable shelf space. But hey, at least now I know that I haven't missed a thing - boy, do I dislike 4e...
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danbuter
Seeker
USA
74 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 01:56:14
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I strongly prefer Gray Box, plus FR1 through FR 6. The setting is more swords and sorcery, less vanilla fantasy.
I really did not like the Time of Troubles, as it was too much change just for a new edition. I had the same problem with the 4e version.
I actually like the 3e book quite a bit as well, as it includes tons of info, but didn't have an RSE. |
Nothing beats the gray box!
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 14:39:37
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Originally posted by danbuter
I strongly prefer Gray Box, plus FR1 through FR 6. The setting is more swords and sorcery, less vanilla fantasy.
I really did not like the Time of Troubles, as it was too much change just for a new edition. I had the same problem with the 4e version.
I actually like the 3e book quite a bit as well, as it includes tons of info, but didn't have an RSE.
I thought the 3ed. had multiple Realms shaking events? |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 16:21:20
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Originally posted by Jorkens
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Originally posted by danbuter
I strongly prefer Gray Box, plus FR1 through FR 6. The setting is more swords and sorcery, less vanilla fantasy.
I really did not like the Time of Troubles, as it was too much change just for a new edition. I had the same problem with the 4e version.
I actually like the 3e book quite a bit as well, as it includes tons of info, but didn't have an RSE.
I thought the 3ed. had multiple Realms shaking events?
It didn't start off with one. They all just progressed from the novel line. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 18:14:51
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| The campaign setting had both Shade and the destroyed Cormyr just to mention two. There could be more, but its been years since I looked at that book thoroughly. These might be novel detailed, but the campaign setting should be seen as the start of 3ed. shouldn't it? |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 19:58:38
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| I never really considered those events as RSE's since they didn't effect the Realms as a whole, but rather just specific parts of the Realms. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36965 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2010 : 23:11:10
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Originally posted by danbuter
I actually like the 3e book quite a bit as well, as it includes tons of info, but didn't have an RSE.
The lack of an RSE was a huge drawback, for me. Not that I'm a fan of them -- far from it! But there was so much that was changed that only an RSE could have explained it. Instead, if we got an explanation at all (which wasn't common), it was something like "it's always been that way, but no one knew about it!"
That's why I'm convinced continuity was losing its official importance then, and the official importance just kept diminishing from there. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4255 Posts |
Posted - 09 Jan 2010 : 03:58:35
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I'm still a fan of 1st Edition Forgotten Realms.
I'm ashamed to say that I attempted an online game of 1st Edition and honestly just remembered at this moment that I left the folks hanging on that when things went south for me.
To me, the original edition of D&D is just the first I ever knew.
So later editions just kinda took away from that. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2010 : 10:50:23
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
I never really considered those events as RSE's since they didn't effect the Realms as a whole, but rather just specific parts of the Realms.
Ah, I see your point. I think most areas north of the Shar was influenced by the Shade thing and the situation in Cormyr would have long reaching effects with the effects on trade and shift in the power balance. As this effects more or less all parts of the Realms that I use (much more than the Time of Trouble would, where I to use it), I tend to lump them in with the Realms-shaking events. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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What edition do you play most?
