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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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 Posted - 10 Sep 2006 : 21:31:53
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| No one answered "just to add words to this thread" as I can see. When one is asked why one has love for something I would think that the answer given is the answer one feels is best for the question. A persons own feelings on a subject are not always a topic one sees the need to discus and analyze. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 10 Sep 2006 : 22:05:22
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How about we get back on topic and yes some posters did add words to this thread that were not needed and the posters who did that know who they are. If there are any more of this off topic argument then those posts will be removed.
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
585 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2006 : 23:55:46
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| The world has depth. It has more depth than I could make, even if I had the time to work on my own world. |
Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Zorro
Seeker
Germany
82 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2006 : 01:16:49
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Why do I like the Realms? I like the ideas that form its basis; I rarely like their execution, but I like the ideas upon which I can build my own version while trying not to stray too far away from the source material. It's the golden mean between a published and a homebrew setting.
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I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. - Oscar Wilde |
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
578 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2006 : 11:00:01
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Originally posted by Wenin
The world has depth. It has more depth than I could make, even if I had the time to work on my own world.
Surely the depth comes form lots of people adding to the pot over time (like a good stew), It's all the little bits that create the whole which make FR so damn good! |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2006 : 15:55:41
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| I love the rich history, detail and community togetherness. I love to read a book with familar faces and places....arrive somewhere in D&D or in a FR video game and have it be familiar. It is home sweet home. |
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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2006 : 16:44:56
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It“s dificult to say exactly why I love the Realms. It“s the same (for me) that question why I love my brothers. 
I have played/DM in almost all the old settings of TSR. All of them with a rich story, great npcs, and infinite possibilities. Dark Sun and Planescape stay on the top of my preference, but the Realms... the Realms grab my imagination in a way that no other setting have. The lore, the people, the places. All was/and is marvelous! The Elminster Ecologies, The Volo“s Guides, the old tomes. The novels. I think that a conjunction of all this (and more) have helped to reinforce my feelings about the setting.
And some day, last year, I found Candlekeep. And all the authors, designers, writers, fans, all the good people that add more spice in the setting is, well, here, to talk, to argue, to help...
It“s marvelous!
Only love can do something like this.
All hail to Sune and Hanali! |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 11:34:33
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The forgotten realms ranks no 1 on my hit list because. there is a quite special feel to it, if its due to the detail with witch* it is discribed(like no other setting), or due to the many novels that I and my players have read(and still reads of course! :)). It provides a enormous potential for adventure, plus it is the only setting where I can cook up an quest on a moments notice(and we play quite a few settings).
*excuse my poor spelling :/ |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2006 : 12:30:12
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| Stories, detail, possibilities. |
Life is either daring adventure or nothing. |
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vicar
Acolyte
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 21:30:55
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| Wow, that's tough. I don't have deep cerebral reasons for loving the Realms. I love it because it's where I grew up! Somewhere in yer' heart, you always have a special place for where ya grew up, right? Well, 'twas in the Realms that I was introduced to gaming, so all my early gaming memories are there in those hamlets, towns and cities. Good friends from college, some of whom aren't around anymore occupied those places with me. The girl I almost married way-back-when still resided there too. I haven't seen her for more than ten years now, but in my gamer-mind's eye her character is still there in Sembia, too. How do ya not love a place with those kind of memories? |
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WalkerNinja
Senior Scribe
USA
577 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 23:28:46
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I like the Forgotten Realms because it strikes me as the most REAL of all other settings... consider:
1)Never once has there been some artificially contrived global crisis, most don't even span the single continent that we have detailed, and no single person ever solved one of those big problems. For all the grief that Elminster has gotten over the years, he deals with regional problems, and abstract problems and never gets credit for any of it in the game.
2)Most of us consider local customs to be more important than the newest prestige class or feat.
3)Everyone of us think of it as simply "home." |
*** A Forgotten Realms Addict since 1990 ***
Treasures of the Past, a Second Edition Play-by-Post game for and by Candlekeep Sages--http://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=52011 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36916 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 23:59:38
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Originally posted by WalkerNinja
I like the Forgotten Realms because it strikes me as the most REAL of all other settings... consider:
1)Never once has there been some artificially contrived global crisis, most don't even span the single continent that we have detailed, and no single person ever solved one of those big problems.
Huh?
The Time of Troubles was planet-wide, though we've not really seen the results of it in any areas other than Faerūn... |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 00:23:58
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by WalkerNinja
I like the Forgotten Realms because it strikes me as the most REAL of all other settings... consider:
1)Never once has there been some artificially contrived global crisis, most don't even span the single continent that we have detailed, and no single person ever solved one of those big problems.
Huh?
The Time of Troubles was planet-wide, though we've not really seen the results of it in any areas other than Faerūn...
As was the Rage events, even though we don't see much about them in the other continents. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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WalkerNinja
Senior Scribe
USA
577 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 03:36:47
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As cool as the Time of Troubles Trilogy was, it was the natural disaster movie of the Forgotten Realms.
Step 1: life is good
Step 2: Earth Quake/Volcano/War of the Gods (oh no!)
Step 3: characters struggle to survive
Step 4: characters survive natural disaster (or not), and move on with life
There's no REAL bad guy in the ToT. No one caused it in a bid for power. AO just sorta did it because the evil three gave him an excuse, and so he could fix some things that were bugging him. Cyric was a bad guy before the ToT, would have been a bad guy in spite of the ToT, and continued to be a bady guy after the ToT. Time of Troubles was the setting for that story, but it wasn't the story itself.
The protagonists of that trilogy didn't become world reknowned celebrity super-heroes (ahem ahem Dragonlance ahem). The fact that some of them became gods almost seems happenstance.
In a genre dominated by world spanning bad-guys (Sauron, Ming the Merciless, Tahkisis), FR seems a lot more real to me |
*** A Forgotten Realms Addict since 1990 ***
Treasures of the Past, a Second Edition Play-by-Post game for and by Candlekeep Sages--http://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=52011 |
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Aelf
Acolyte
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 04:21:56
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The large scope + plenty of canon + healthy respect of the former by DMs seals it for me.
I love that the characters in my game can talk with other players from a different Realms campaign with a different DM and the stories won't conflict. Most DMs I've met tend to play canonical NPCs as written, even when they are running their own Realms adventures. Ditto for the timeline.
That's a joy to witness.
(Thanks Ed, et al)
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Goatstone
Acolyte
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Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 04:57:42
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| Honestly, I think the Realms had the best cover art when I was young and impressionable so that's where I started. I respect and enjoy the other settings but they all seem confining compared to Faerun, and I've never even gotten into Kara-Tur, Zakhara, or Maztica. |
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. - Edward Abbey |
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Kalin Agrivar
Senior Scribe
Canada
956 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 14:01:03
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Originally posted by Kuje
As was the Rage events, even though we don't see much about them in the other continents. :)
are you sure? from the Dracorage Mythal description in Dragons of Faerun it seemed to me the mythal only covered Faerun (I noticed that because I to thought it was a global mythal)
gives me an idea of one of the "unknown continents" still ruled by dragons |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 16:53:51
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Originally posted by kalin agrivar
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Originally posted by Kuje
As was the Rage events, even though we don't see much about them in the other continents. :)
are you sure? from the Dracorage Mythal description in Dragons of Faerun it seemed to me the mythal only covered Faerun (I noticed that because I to thought it was a global mythal)
gives me an idea of one of the "unknown continents" still ruled by dragons
I'm basing that on Richards comments about it before. Of course, I haven't read Dragons yet and his comments came out before that sourcebook. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Kalin Agrivar
Senior Scribe
Canada
956 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 16:58:19
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Originally posted by KujeI'm basing that on Richards comments about it before. Of course, I haven't read Dragons yet and his comments came out before that sourcebook. :)
ahh, thats cool  |
Kalin Xorell El'Agrivar
- High Mage of the Arcane Assembly
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36916 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 17:10:09
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Originally posted by WalkerNinja
Cyric was a bad guy before the ToT, would have been a bad guy in spite of the ToT, and continued to be a bady guy after the ToT.
I dunno... I think Cyric could have turned the corner and become a good guy, had events been different. Even in the story, we saw at least one spot where he could have taken the high road, but found it easier to take the low road. He was opportunistic; but had he better opportunities, he could have done a lot of good, I think.
Of course, 'tis all just my opinion. |
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 18:07:28
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by WalkerNinja
Cyric was a bad guy before the ToT, would have been a bad guy in spite of the ToT, and continued to be a bady guy after the ToT.
I dunno... I think Cyric could have turned the corner and become a good guy, had events been different. Even in the story, we saw at least one spot where he could have taken the high road, but found it easier to take the low road. He was opportunistic; but had he better opportunities, he could have done a lot of good, I think.
Of course, 'tis all just my opinion.
he was the only interesting character in those books. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36916 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 21:09:18
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Originally posted by MerrikCale
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by WalkerNinja
Cyric was a bad guy before the ToT, would have been a bad guy in spite of the ToT, and continued to be a bady guy after the ToT.
I dunno... I think Cyric could have turned the corner and become a good guy, had events been different. Even in the story, we saw at least one spot where he could have taken the high road, but found it easier to take the low road. He was opportunistic; but had he better opportunities, he could have done a lot of good, I think.
Of course, 'tis all just my opinion.
he was the only interesting character in those books.
Eh, he would have been more interesting if he'd not sold out. Someone who simply gives in because it's convenient isn't as interesting as someone who doesn't give in. |
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