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Belfur 11-24-06, 05:59 AM	I had a look at the release list for next year, especially at the FR titles and I am mourning the death of the good old accessory for FR. I loved Shining South, Unapproachable East etc. Where have they gone? I would have loved to see Cormyr, the Dalelands, the Western Heartlands in the same format. Did this style of book sell so badly? Instead we get the Cormyr superadventure, the Shadowdale superadventure and the Moonsea superadventure. Although the new titles (Mysteries of the Moonsea is supposed to be quite bad as an adventure and as a region accessory) sound interesting by themselves they destroy all hope to see a complete and proper book for these regions as they also include some descriptions. And if you want to run your own FR campaign in these regions, they probably do not contain enough material to be worth buying them. Does anyone have some comments and/or information on this trend?
Panurg 11-24-06, 08:25 AM	I know what you mean. I loved Silver Marches and those Regions Source Books you mentioned. They were good for hours of contemplation about the realms. I didn't appreciate the format of Mysteries of the Moonsea either. But at large you have the same informations about the region as you had in the other books, but some in more detail. The thing I really missed were new prestige classes or special Spells. Also what I'm quite concerned about is the way story telling is treated in the moment. The format doesn't leave much room for your own fantasies in some aspects, and on the other hand doesn't mention Regions Customs, and interesting stories/characters. Everything you need is included in the text. That gives you time to concentrate on other things but determines the style of the setting very much. You see it's a two sided medail, I'm not quite sure what to say. What I really didn't like was the last section about Zhentil-Keep. It seems there are lots of powerfull clerics around, but only because the scene is designed for characters of high level. I don't understand why. Is a city more dangerous because high level characters are supposed to show up there? That seems quite technical, like in a computer game. The artificial intelligence makes enemies stronger if u advance in level. Which means the goblin you could kill quite easily at first level is ten times that strong, when u are 10th level. :ahem: Really don't like that attitude!
Evil-fuma 11-24-06, 10:36 PM	I know how you feel, I'm begining to get worried myself, since I much rather make up my own campaigns then use wotc created ones I don't even see myself being interested in bying one of them. It doese seem like they are trying to make up for this lack of source bookls by monthly realms articles in dragon, but that hardly makes up for it. At least we still have the multitude of 2nd edition sourcebooks and the articles ed makes to lean back on, but I'm still very worried about were the realms is heading.
Dark Wizard 11-24-06, 10:45 PM	I wouldn't worry about it too much, WotC can't just keep publishing adventures indefinitely.
Evil-fuma 11-24-06, 10:51 PM	part of what I am afraid of is that if the adventures don't sell well, they might just give up on F.R. on the DnD front, (I know that may be an extremist viewpiont, but I am a pessamist sometimes). And if the adventures do well, they might just think that adventures are the way to go and do more adventures then sourcebooks.
Lord Karsus 11-24-06, 11:11 PM	-See this discussion: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=744781