I can't fault people for being critical to the setting because of this confusing and messy "lore". The Spellplague and the 100 year time leap is to date the worst thing to have ever happened to the Forgotten Realms setting. It was in effect nuking half the world, and killing half of the gods known, not to mention causing the death of countless iconic novel characters due to the 100 year leap from 1370s to the 1470s DR. It was definitely WotC going against express wishes of the fans and going against Ed Greenwood's (the creator of the setting) vision as well that of many other FR designers.
The Sundering was essentially trying to put a bandaid on a giant impact crater, by conveniently resurrecting from the grave many countries, gods and characters that were destroyed by 4E, but still maintaining the 100 year leap brought by 4E. So 5E is in a way a soft reboot since it tries to emulate the feel and tone of the original setting more so than 4E, but it fails to it properly do so since it is not the proper reboot it should be, because it still has this shoddy 4E lore in it's tapestry.
Last edited by deserk; 30/11/21 11:49 PM.
