Re: Core Rules/FR Atlas/Ect...

>>To put a fine point on it, I'm confused as well.  Quite simply, you
>>posted suddenly to the Spelljammer list about a Forgotten Realms
>>product with a subject line that is a response to a completely
>>unrelated thread (I've left that subject line on this post so you can
>>see what I mean).  Paul is merely trying to ask what you mean in your
>>emails.  He's as honestly confused as I am.  Reading your emails on
>>this subject I think I know what you're trying to say but ....
>
>I just made an offhand remark that was critical about WoTC and suddenly
>found myself having to defend being critical of them.  It wasn't intended to
>start a thread or an off topic discussion, it just became that way.  Some
>people on this list seem to be very (overly) sensitive whenever anyone makes
>unflattering comments about WoTC or thier rule systems.


<chuckle> I think people on this list who've sen my 3e rants (and
this will not be one!) know I'm not afraid of being critical of 3e.
I just never heard that WotC was trying to kill these products, and
it seemed like a very odd thing for them to do. I still haven't seen
any proof.  I've seen comments about them trying to kill sites with
material pirated off these products, but nothing indicating a recall
of the products, or a request that retailers stop selling them.

And thoughts that somehow TSR tried to 'sabotage' WotC with these
products make little sense,  TSR died, then WotC came in and saved
the day.  They even kept many, perhaps most, of the employees. The
motivations you ascribe you don't seem connected. The TSR types that
you imply released the CDs (which were 3rd party software anyway,
under license, I believe, not direct TSR products) went to work for
WotC, it would have been counter to their own best interests to
'sabotage' something.

I'm just trying to kill what looks to me like a baseless internet rumor here.

To make this sort of SJ relevant...

The FR Atlas does include the map of 'Stardock' in the Tears of
Selune, as well as the more important SJ ports like Evermeet.  You
could add customized FR maps to it, also, I believe (I haven't tried
that yet, myself).

It doesn't include the map of Rauthaven in Nimbral, which was found
at the front of the novel 'Into the Void' but does have maps of
Kara-Tur, Maztica, and Zakhara. It's a great resource for a GM
running a Realmspace campaign, since it treats Aber-toril as a
planet, rather than a continent:)
--
"...How shall a man judge what to do in such times?!"
"As he has ever judged," said Aragorn "Good and evil have not changed
since yesteryear..."
J.R.R. Tolkien, _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_

Paul Westermeyer,  pwestermeyer@????????.??.com