I know that 5th edition is the only D&D game in town these days, and that's not going to change until 6e comes out, but still, I can't help but feel distinctly underwhelmed by a lot of the lore it presents.
Yes, I know most of it is just a throwback to AD&D lore, and that's part of the problem.
Are there any anons out there who liked any of the new lore that 4e came up with? Is there anyone that preserves that lore in their own games?
I liked it and I've continued to use "points of light" as a concept, though I don't play 4th anymore. The art in general was pretty good too, I liked the attempt to get a unified look, rather then the "dozens of different under-paid artiest with no style guide".
I appreciate that Dragonborn and Tieflings aren't PHB races in 4e.
I love 4e, but I'm only tangentially familiar with the lore; mostly cause I just used the electronic tools.
I did read the Eberron book, and I quite liked it, but I'm not sure how much of it is unique to 4e. Also, Fell's Five was great.
I used my own lore for my game but i do like the designs they came up with
For everyone here.
Not bad, although a little sparse on details in some places.
For example, Hraak Azul is more than just a "troglodyte fortress made out of fungi". It's a fungal ecosystem that has grown to be a single massive super-organism, one the size of a small kingdom, or even a small nation, that moves continuously through the depths of the Underdark, growing and shrinking by its own unfathomable whims. Its interior is filled with warring troglodyte tribes that worship it as a living god, and which it has developed a form of symbiosis with; in return for their feeding victims to its "fungal altars", it grants them powerful magical fungi that can act as potent arcane tonics and potions. They revere it, they love it, and they will kill to protect it from infidels who might seek to exploit it for their own.
How can you not love something like that?
Not too much in Ebberon changed in 4e (Save for the inclusion of Dragonborn) as it as, as a setting, already very well set up for what 4e did mechanically.
>Dub-Quad-Dub
Dear lord...
I think one of my favorite new characters added in the 4e lore was this guy here; Codricuhn, the Blood Storm.
A Demon Prince so freaking massive that he's physically climbing out the Abyss, so powerful his realm consists of six moons that physically orbit around his immense bulk, and so terrible that even other demon princes are scared off him.
I don't care what the Planescape grognards say, that's badass.