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Razz
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 00:19:08
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I was thinking about this at work today, but why can't WotC just come out with a magazine for just the Forgotten Realms? I feel like this one or two articles in Dragon/Dungeon Magazines is not doing it any justice (plus, it's all 4E and not edition-neutral).
Or just a magazine for campaign settings only. We can have Dragon for player content, like spells, feats, etc. Dungeon can be just for adventures and advice, and then a 3rd magazine devoted to solely campaign setting content.
I guess it's more a matter of so much lore being released slower than the pace of a snail carrying a brick is irking me. Life is too short to wait on more Realmslore!
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 00:37:54
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I feel the same about the speed, but they have smartly throttled back on the lore and fiction until they figure out where the hell the ship is going to sail to.
It's hard not to get antsy and I really hope my enthusiasts still there in what three years when the Sundering wraps up? |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 02:51:31
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| This is long what we've been trying to achieve with the release of each Volume of the Candlekeep Compendium. And since we are now relatively free to move forward again with the new and tenth Volume of this series, I'm sure we can all find some solace in a return to a kind of e-zine devoted to this world we all love. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 03:01:33
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Sounds like a great idea. Not knowing exactly how the future is going to shape up is a great opportunity to explore some of the past and that Silent Century.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 03:29:02
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| We're going to start seeing the Compendium again?! Most excellent. :) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 04:05:16
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Originally posted by Eilserus
We're going to start seeing the Compendium again?! Most excellent. :)
Yes, indeed. Alaundo's finally given the go-ahead for the next volume of the Compendium, and the regularly contributing staff are already brainstorming potential ideas for submissions. |
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 05:28:23
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Having a Realms Magazine would be pretty cool.
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Originally posted by Razz
I feel like this one or two articles in Dragon/Dungeon Magazines is not doing it any justice (plus, it's all 4E and not edition-neutral).
FWIW, the Eye on the Realms articles are pretty much devoid of 4E rules and most of them are so edition-neutral that, were they whisked into the past and slotted into old, pre-4E issues of Dragon Magazine, a reader from that time wouldn't know any better. |
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Razz
Senior Scribe
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 15:17:47
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Originally posted by Jeremy Grenemyer
Having a Realms Magazine would be pretty cool.
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Originally posted by Razz
I feel like this one or two articles in Dragon/Dungeon Magazines is not doing it any justice (plus, it's all 4E and not edition-neutral).
FWIW, the Eye on the Realms articles are pretty much devoid of 4E rules and most of them are so edition-neutral that, were they whisked into the past and slotted into old, pre-4E issues of Dragon Magazine, a reader from that time wouldn't know any better.
Yes I have seen them but I was not thrilled with the topics. There were too many articles on very esoteric stuff like one particular noble lineage or some merchant house or a random ghost. I prefer more on ancient history, regions (like when they covered Vaasa), cities/towns/villages, or sites like a grove, graveyard, tomb, etc. or even an organization. I liked the Xanathar article but I didn't care too much about many others. |
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Why not have a Forgotten Realms Magazine/E-Zine?
