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[Den of Geek] Why the Forgotten Realms Is Dungeons and Dragons' Most Beloved Setting
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What a a pointless, ad ridden mess of an article. The popularity of Forgotten Realms stems from the fact that it was aggresively market ed during the 2e era, since the creator of the setting was on board, unlike Gary and his Greyhawk. The author mentions the (terrible) tie in novels that were also a major factor in its omnipresence, but they also drove the metaplot which diluted the setting into its curent "generic fantasy kitchen sink". Personally, if you'd put a gun to my head and told me to run a game in it, I'd probaby avoid the Sword Coast in favor of the east/southeast, Dalelands or The Sea od Fallen Stars being the most likely canidates.
FR is great! I love it. We've spent hundreds of sessions there and some of the novels are really nice.
But since all the settings are good (Talislanta, Mystaria, Golarion, Eberron, Radiant Citadel, Athas, Aebrynis, Zendikar and so on), just pick one (or make one up) and go ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
They're all good.
Wow, this is the first time I've seen a reference to Talislanta that wasn't made by me! Do you know of a d&d version, I only encountered stand alone versions with their own rulesets?
Yeah, there are three versions for D&D.
There was a d20 version in the 3.x era that was unfortunately a pretty bad adaptation. There is a 5e port of "the Savage Land" which is a really good and well-made port, feels seemless, it's great, but it's the Savage Land prequel as opposed to regular Talislanta. I ran a three session campaign, pretty fun.
And there is going to be a 5e port of the upcoming new edition.