AH yes...the Second Sundering. I had such high hopes for it once upon a time. One of the big selling parts of 5e Forgotten Realms was going to be how WoTC was going to fix the Spellpague and return the Realms to the one that so many fans were yearning for.
Instead of a return to the 'golden days' of the Realms, got some half-baked half-measures. A setting that sorta kinda looks like pre-Spellplague Toril if you squint and try not to think too hard about it, with worldbuilding logic that comes apart at the slightest bit of scrutiny, that's weighed down with 4e-era baggage in both a foundational and casual sense. A place where significant areas of the world haven't even been touched since the edition launched and where existing canon can and will get rewritten seemingly on a whim. A murky, ill-defined setting that where nothing really feels like it matters that just makes me want to play in 2e/3e again.
Thank goodness for BGIII, because it's really the only thing holding my interest in the current iteration of the Realms atm.
Last edited by Leucrotta; 30/11/21 04:38 AM.
