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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 31 Dec 2014 : 00:30:42
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Ah, but that assumes elves WANTED to invent phasers and warp drives. I think they want to be left alone to renew the forests and enjoy living there.
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Posted - 31 Dec 2014 : 11:47:14
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Originally posted by Tanthalas
There isn't much about the post-Sundering era to have an opinion about.
The only thing I can say is that while I liked the individual Sundering novels, as a series, it really fell short on detailing the Sundering.
As for the changes we know about: I hate what was done to Myth Drannor and Shade, hate that Tymanther and Akanul are probably gone, like that several deities are being brought back and the rest I'm pretty neutral about.
Probably the thing that annoys me more about the Sundering though, is knowing that it was done mostly to try to appease people that can never really be appeased.
I dont think its in the spirit of WotC to produce lore related or for that matter, anywhere near the amount of products as for 3.x I think they would rather just make a new edition, than make The current deep. |
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Gustaveren
Learned Scribe
Denmark
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Posted - 02 Jan 2015 : 18:38:26
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I have no idea what has happened with the sundering since it is several years ago i stopped buying FR novels since i realized it was extremely unlikely i would ever read any of those novels written post spellplague.
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Marc
Senior Scribe
657 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2015 : 21:34:00
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| Gods aren't that important for the game, I'd rather have the Sundering going back in time, before or during the Spellplague. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 01:59:02
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Originally posted by Marc
Gods aren't that important for the game, ...
It's generally agreed by many that this was one of the main failings of the Avatar Crisis in the Realmslore. That it resulted in the overemphasis of the deities in the day-to-day running of the setting -- which persisted for quite some time and across multiple editions. |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 05:27:33
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| I like having the gods actively involved. But I agree there comes a point when it is too much. |
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Arcanus
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 13:32:47
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| I too enjoyed seeing the gods at work and involved with mortals. I guess that kinda hampers gamers though. A happy medium must be possible surely? |
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Marc
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 13:43:40
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I like them involved if there's a chance that epic PC's could touch them, if it's true what Athar from Planescape believe. Untouchable cosmic forces should remain distant and mysterious.
Good part about the Avatar Crisis is that the gods were like every other mortal NPC. |
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Jeiroth
Acolyte
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 17:50:49
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| Someone already said it best. Lots of hype and nothing really to show for it. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 18:34:14
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Originally posted by Jeiroth
Someone already said it best. Lots of hype and nothing really to show for it.
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Thus far, it just seems like another RSE 'non-event'.
Hopefully we will get more info moving forward, but as of right now, I don't really see anything to be happy or unhappy about. "Its this thing that was in novels, but not really, because it was just alluded to in the background". Kind of ambiguous, especially if no one is bothering to read novels anymore. It appears to be nothing more then a hand-wave for writers to 'bring back' whatever they want. Not that that is a bad thing of itself, but without a story behind it, its jarring. And you can't count the series as that story, because it wasn't. In fact... it wasn't even a series, really. |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 18:45:31
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I realize this is unrealistic, but for every major event in the Realms, I think they should release it in multiple media, that way everyone would have have access to it. Markustay is right in that the Sundering was really only alluded to in the novels. I know WotC was planning to release it in multiple platforms, which one containing the effects the Sundering had on a particular area, but has the Sundering even been mentioned in the latest campaign books? Then again, they haven't released an FR specific one, have they? And this Tyranny of the Dragon thing that is going on...how many platforms was that released in? Was it anadventure, a video game, an article in Dragon magazine? I haven't seen any novels about it. My point is, WotC should find a way to involve all FR fans by having the events available to all of us, gamers and readers alike. Not all of us have access to everything they release. Some people game more, and some prefer the novels.
Like I said, I realize this approach may be unrealistic. |
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Shadowsoul
Senior Scribe
Ireland
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Posted - 06 Jan 2015 : 18:50:17
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I have it on good authority that the plot of Tyranny of the Dragon, aka Tiamat's imprisonment, was done just to create the module. There was no story or lead up to it. Just "bang" she's imprisoned.
Since that is the case, I wouldn't be hoping for much. |
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How happy are you with the Sundering?
