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<blockquote data-quote="Firwood" data-source="post: 9033856" data-attributes="member: 8345"><p>In my opinion, the editions to consider are 2e and 3e (which has, in my opinion, the most beautiful and complete setting manual ever).</p><p>The cataclysmic events culminating in the Horde in the first edition never really got me that involved, whereas the fall of the gods on Faerun I have always found it to be a source of great narrative insights.</p><p>Similarly, the return of the Shadovars provides plenty of game ideas.</p><p>The geographical modules of 2e remain unsurpassed to this day and provide a manic amount of detail, which is available if you want it, otherwise you leave it out (I'd rather have a thousand pages of material to draw from and ignore 900 of them than have 10 and have to make it all up).</p><p>Also in 2e there are some goodies like Faiths & Avatars, Demihuman Deities and Cloak and Dagger that are qualitatively outstanding.</p><p>There are the Volo's Guides which add 'flavour' to the setting and depth to practically any aspect.</p><p>3e is a direct evolution, although the map has been changed, albeit not too significantly.</p><p>4e, on the other hand, is a total departure with the introduction of elements that have, again in my opinion, made the realms a joke and which I've always hated: in a setting where there are races that live over 300 years, suddenly EVERYONE has forgotten or almost forgotten what the world was like only 100 years before Spellfire... and again Abeir merging with Toril when Abeir-Toril is simply the name of the planet, etc. I rejected all this 'rubbish' as soon as I read it.</p><p>As a matter of fact, I use the 2e material enriched with what I found interesting in the 3e manuals, especially regarding races with the Player's Guide to Faerun and Races of Faerun. I supplement the material from Faiths & Avatars with what I like from Faiths & Pantheon and so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Firwood, post: 9033856, member: 8345"] In my opinion, the editions to consider are 2e and 3e (which has, in my opinion, the most beautiful and complete setting manual ever). The cataclysmic events culminating in the Horde in the first edition never really got me that involved, whereas the fall of the gods on Faerun I have always found it to be a source of great narrative insights. Similarly, the return of the Shadovars provides plenty of game ideas. The geographical modules of 2e remain unsurpassed to this day and provide a manic amount of detail, which is available if you want it, otherwise you leave it out (I'd rather have a thousand pages of material to draw from and ignore 900 of them than have 10 and have to make it all up). Also in 2e there are some goodies like Faiths & Avatars, Demihuman Deities and Cloak and Dagger that are qualitatively outstanding. There are the Volo's Guides which add 'flavour' to the setting and depth to practically any aspect. 3e is a direct evolution, although the map has been changed, albeit not too significantly. 4e, on the other hand, is a total departure with the introduction of elements that have, again in my opinion, made the realms a joke and which I've always hated: in a setting where there are races that live over 300 years, suddenly EVERYONE has forgotten or almost forgotten what the world was like only 100 years before Spellfire... and again Abeir merging with Toril when Abeir-Toril is simply the name of the planet, etc. I rejected all this 'rubbish' as soon as I read it. As a matter of fact, I use the 2e material enriched with what I found interesting in the 3e manuals, especially regarding races with the Player's Guide to Faerun and Races of Faerun. I supplement the material from Faiths & Avatars with what I like from Faiths & Pantheon and so on. [/QUOTE]
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