>>87475343Forgotten Realms is FAR from shit. Sword Coast is bland and generic, but monsters are nowhere in sight. In fact, FR as written barely has monsters or even casters. The whole "oh you walk into a poduk village and find the local Cleric and Hedge Mage that's a level 3 Wizard" is NOT part of FR. You may go from Baldur's Gate to Waterdeep and encounter no Goblins, Orcs, Clerics, or Wizards. In fact SC is HIGH but narrow. What is there is for the most part extremely dangerous, minus some Goblin and Orc tribes, but there are so few of them. They are only time your standard person had an issue was during Storm King's Thunder, when Giants descended en masse. Now yes, it is controlled by the Harpers who refuse any technological advancements in SC.
Then you leave SC and go to the rest of FR, which for reasons unknown to me WotC doesn't want to acknowledge, but considering what they've done with Spelljammer and the Demiplane of Dread I'd rather they no. Zakhara is a heaven for artists, Artificers, and philosophers, and is only really dangerous if you leave for a handful of places. But if you're a nomad or city dweller or even a corsair you're fine.
Kara-Tur is a bit social stratified, but you're probably better being a peasant there than anything save a lord in SC.
Chult has dinosaurs, yes, but they are pretty rare and settlements, for are fine unless they try to do stupid shit like actually capturing one. The most dangerous thing there is the monkey fever, and even that doesn't effect people unless they venture into the deep jungles where they have no business being anyways.
The most dangerous place is probably Maztica, the Mayincatec mishmash fantasy where you just might get sacrificed to their gods.
But if you're talking just 5e, meaning just SC, no. It's not even that bad.
Learn your FR lore, friend.
