When was the Forgotten Realms campaign introduced?
Forgotten Realms
With the release of the 3rd edition "Dungeons & Dragons" rules system in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" was released as a hardcover, in 2001, updating the official material and advancing the timeline of the game world. In 2002, the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" won the Origins Award for "Best Role-Playing Game Supplement of 2001".
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The Forgotten Realms is a high fantasy world - magic is powerful, legendary monsters are commonplace, and gods often intervene directly in mortal affairs. Players can indulge in several types of fantasy adventures - from straightforward hack-and-slash treasure hunting in dungeons to epic campaigns involving regional wars, cataclysms and direct contact with gods and extra-dimensional beings.
Aasimar
The aasimar race was expanded in the Forgotten Realms series of books. Three books in that series reference the aasimar race: "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting", "Races of Faerûn", and the "Player's Guide to Faerûn". The "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting", published June 2001, contained a synopsis of the information provided in the "Monster Manual" and includes some additional information to allow players to select aasimar as a race. "Races of Faerûn", published March 2003, explored the aasimar race in greater detail any of the previous books, describing the fictional history, society, education, and religion of the race. "Player's Guide to Faerun", published in March 2004, also added several new racial and regional feats, and included some alternative rules for creating aasimar with a character level of 1 by either "buying off" level adjustments or using the "Lesser Planetouched" racial variant. However, neither book reprinted the information from "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" book about creating playable aasimar characters in the first place.
Sword Coast Legends
Sword Coast Legends is an action role-playing video game released in 2015. The game is set within the universe of "Forgotten Realms", a campaign setting of "Dungeons & Dragons".
Ed Greenwood
The campaign setting was a major success, and Greenwood continued to be involved with all subsequent incarnations of the Forgotten Realms in "D&D". He retained the rights to his fictional universe and went on to write numerous Forgotten Realms novels. Many of these center around the wizard Elminster, whom Greenwood has frequently portrayed at conventions and gaming events.
The Magister
The Magister is an accessory for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the first edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The book, with product code TSR 9229, was published in 1988 by TSR. It was written by Ed Greenwood and Steve Perrin, with cover art by Jeff Easley and interior art by Valerie Valusek.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
The "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set" was written by Ed Greenwood, with Jeff Grubb and Karen Martin, and illustrated by Keith Parkinson, Jeff Easley, Clyde Caldwell, and Tim Conrad. Greenwood and Grubb did the design, while Grubb was responsible for the development, and Karen Martin did the editing. It was published in 1987, as a boxed set which included two 96-page books (the "DM's Sourcebook of the Realms" and the "Cyclopedia of the Realms"), four large color maps, and two clear plastic hex-gridded overlays.
Living campaigns
The original Living campaign was the Living City, set in the Forgotten Realms city of Ravens Bluff. The campaign ran in its original form in "Polyhedron" magazine starting in the mid-1980s, and continued until shortly after the advent of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) in 2000. It then restarted under the auspices of the company Organized Play, but lasted only two years under that license and then reverted in 2003 to Wizards of the Coast.
Dungeons &amp; Dragons campaign settings
For D&D's 4th edition, the setting was reworked: the timeline advanced into the future where a major cataclysm caused by a conflict amongst gods caused the previously divided worlds Abeir and Toril to collide with several geographical areas changing place. In 2014, with the launch of the 5th edition, the world of Forgotten Realms was again returned to its previous, 3rd edition geography.
Helmed horror
The helmed horror along with the battle horror appears first for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in the module "Halls of the High King" (1990), by Ed Greenwood, then in the revised "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (1993), and was later reprinted in the "Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One" (1994).
The Bloodstone Wars
While this is the third adventure in the Bloodstone pass saga it is the first publication that places The Barony of Bloodstone and surrounding kingdoms in the Forgotten Realms campaign. The module did not however bear the official Forgotten Realms logo.
List of Forgotten Realms characters
This is a list of fictional characters from the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. Most of these characters have appeared in the multiple series of novels set in the "Forgotten Realms". Many have some magical abilities.
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This campaign is currently officially supported by Wizards of the Coast and over the years has expanded into a variety of other media, including literature, comics and video games. The highly successful "Baldur's Gate", "Icewind Dale", and "Neverwinter Nights" series of computer games are based on the Forgotten Realms, which is also the setting of a large number of novels, featuring, among others, the popular characters Drizzt Do'Urden, Artemis Entreri, and Elminster.
Forgotten Realms (comics)
Forgotten Realms is a fantasy comic book set in the "Dungeons & Dragons" "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting, written by Jeff Grubb and illustrated by Rags Morales and Dave Simons.
The Lady Penitent
The Lady Penitent is a series of novels by Lisa Smedman, set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
Calendars in the Forgotten Realms
The current campaign date of the "Forgotten Realms" is 1491 DR—as of the real-world year of 2015 ("Princes of the Apocalypse").
Cormyr
Cormyr first appeared in several short stories written by Ed Greenwood and published throughout the 1970s. It was first described in detail in 1987, in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set" boxed set published by TSR. The Campaign setting briefly outlines the nation with three pages of content, which Ken Rolston describes as "the nation receiving the most attention", and that "the few details given are at least plausible and are often good hooks for adventuring".
Forgotten Realms Adventures
"Forgotten Realms Adventures" is a revision of the "Forgotten Realms Sourcebook and Cyclopedia" material, taking into account the 2nd edition rules and the three years of Forgotten Realms products released up to that time. Among other things, this book cover the deities, secret societies, treasures, specific spells and magic rules of the campaign setting, as well as brief descriptions of the land and cities of the heartlands, with maps.
Hall of Heroes (Forgotten Realms)
Hall of Heroes is an accessory for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The 128-page book, with product code TSR 9252, was published in 1989, with cover art by Jeff Easley and interior art by Ned Dameron.
Forgotten Realms (comics)
In 1989, DC Comics began publishing the "Forgotten Realms" comic series, written by Jeff Grubb. Each issue contained twenty-six pages, illustrated primarily by Rags Morales and Dave Simons. The 19 issues produced by Morales were his first professional works. Tom Raney illustrated issues #17 and #20. Elliot S. Maggin served as an editor for DC from 1989 to 1991 and oversaw the licensed TSR titles, including "Forgotten Realms". Twenty-five issues were published in total, with the last being released in 1991. Kim Yale served as an editor for DC from 1991–1993 and oversaw their licensed titles. Grubb wrote all 25 issues. A fifty-six page annual "Forgotten Realms Comic Annual #1: Waterdhavian Nights", illustrated by various artists, was released in 1990, illustrated by Tom Raney.Labelas is Vartan's deity. During the Time of Troubles he uses Vartan as a host body. He attempts to use the Realm Master and the crew to defeat the god Helm and restore his divinity.
Jeff Grubb uses various references to the world of "Forgotten Realms", using known characters like Elminster. He uses as Labelas Enoreth one of elven pantheon of gods described in the "Forgotten Realms" world as Vartan's patron. He sets one of his story arcs, "An Avatar Story", during the Time of Troubles.
Forgotten Realms
In 1989, DC Comics began publishing a series of Forgotten Realms comics written by Jeff Grubb. Each issue contained twenty-six pages, illustrated primarily by Rags Morales and Dave Simons. Twenty-five issues were published in total, with the last being released in 1991. A fifty-six page annual "Forgotten Realms Comic Annual #1: Waterdhavian Nights", illustrated by various artists, was released in 1990.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
In a January 1988 "Dragon" magazine review of the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set", Ken Rolston stated that the Forgotten Realms setting achieves the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" (or, "AD&D") dual design objectives of compatibility with existing "AD&D" game campaigns, and colorful characters, themes, and cultures. This is made possible by its vast setting, and the way the Realms campaign "avoids epic themes and theological frames", "leaving room for the complex and contradictory jumble of pantheons and cultures encouraged by the "AD&D" game's developmental history". The Realms setting is a game setting, as opposed to a narrative setting like Krynn and Middle-earth, "firmly rooted in the traditions of a decade of "AD&D" game campaigns and adventures, both published and "house". Rolston disliked the "DM's Sourcebook of the Realms"' handling of random encounters and its notes on dragons of the setting, and felt that its descriptions of NPCs are "not particularly useful or appealing", with the exception of Elminster, "an effective informant and presentation mouthpiece". The recent-news-and-rumors section was described as "excellent, offering perfect examples of "AD&D" game-scale fantasy scenario ideas in a charming and flavorful style". He called the two dungeon adventures "first-class", and described "Halls of the Beast-Tamers" as a "classic "AD&D" game dungeon with lots of weirdness and magical flourishes" which "provides a solid rationale for the ever-popular monster-motel adventure", although he felt that it may be too tough for novices. "Lashan's Fall" was termed "a nifty dungeon with a mystery", and said to feature "a loony monster that may not necessarily rip into the PCs at the first opportunity". Rolston found in the "Cyclopedia of the Realms" book a "less-satisfying treatment of gods and religion" than that in books such as "Deities & Demigods" and "Legends & Lore", as while "the major archetypes and game elements are covered, there's little detail, motivation, or game information provided for the deities". He felt that the best entries in the encyclopedic section about places are several large- and medium-sized cities and towns, complete with maps and keys to the major establishments, and "a good treatment of Shadowdale, a village proposed as the setting for novice campaigners". The strongest element of this encyclopedic section was considered to be the treatment of organizations such as the adventuring, mercenary, and merchant companies, which can be used as "backdrops for intrigue and adventure, and provide background material for PC and NPC role-playing development. Skim through a couple of these entries; they're quite good." Rolston felt that the maps were "decent but unimpressive" artistically, and graphically were "exceptionally clear and useful", saying "These ingenious devices are sure to please mappers and travel freaks". As a campaign setting, Rolston felt that the physical space of the Realms is vast and varied, and the important guiding themes of any campaign (good vs. evil, megavillains, depraved gods, quests, loot, power) "are all available in profusion". He concluded that the setting was "well-conceived as the official "AD&D" game campaign setting – vast enough to accommodate a multitude of house campaigns and variable playing styles, and true to the established traditions of a decade of "AD&D" game campaigning".
Forgotten Worlds
Forgotten Worlds, titled in Japan, is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in . It is notable for being the first title released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware. The game took two years to develop, with a production budget of 5 million.
Faerûn
The fourth edition of the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting", released in 2008, saw major changes to the geography of Faerûn and the world of Abeir-Toril. Due to a magical cataclysm known as the Spellplague, the southern parts of Faerûn were devastated. Chult became an island detached from the mainland, the kingdom of Halruaa was utterly destroyed, and parts of the Sea of Fallen Stars drained into the Underdark. The northern Realms were less affected by the Spellplague, but during the 100-year gap between the third and fourth editions of the setting it was revealed that the Netherese wizards of the city of Shade had eliminated the desert of Anauroch, returning the land to its pre-Fall state. The borders of some of the kingdoms were changed to reflect this. In addition to these changes, floating islands of earth known as 'earthmotes' appeared in the skies above Faerûn and the continent of Maztica across the western ocean vanished along with the Faerûnian colonies on its east coast.
Malar (Forgotten Realms)
Malar was described in the hardback "Forgotten Realms Adventures" (1990), the revised "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet, and "Faiths & Avatars" (1996).
Forgotten Realms
The focus of the Forgotten Realms setting is the continent of Faerûn, part of the fictional world of Abeir-Toril, usually called simply Toril, an Earth-like planet with many real-world influences. Unlike Earth, the lands of the Forgotten Realms are not all ruled by the human race: the planet Toril is shared by humans, dwarves, elves, goblins, orcs, and other peoples and creatures. Technologically, the world of the Forgotten Realms is not nearly as advanced as that of Earth; in this respect, it resembles the pre-industrial Earth of the 13th or 14th century. However, the presence of magic provides an additional element of power to the societies. There are several nation states and many independent cities, with loose alliances being formed for defense or conquest. Trade is performed by ship or horse-drawn vehicle, and manufacturing is based upon cottage industry.
Toril consists of several large continents, including Faerûn, the western part of a continent that was roughly modeled after the Eurasian continent on Earth. Faerûn was first detailed in the original "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set", published in 1987 by TSR. The other continents include Kara-Tur, Zakhara, Maztica, and other yet unspecified landmasses. Kara-Tur, roughly corresponding to ancient East Asia, was later the focus of its own source book "", published in 1988. There is also a vast subterranean world called the Underdark beneath the surface.
Azuth
Azuth later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set"s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).
Pirates of the Fallen Stars
Pirates of the Fallen Stars is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
Talos (Forgotten Realms)
Talos later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set"s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).
Forgotten Realms
An eponymous module, based on the role-playing video game "Curse of the Azure Bonds", was released in 1989, as was "The Avatar Trilogy" series of novels, consisting of "Shadowdale", "Tantras", and "Waterdeep" that detailed the storyline which became known as the "Time of Troubles". A series of module adaptations for these novels ("Shadowdale", "Tantras", and "Waterdeep") were released in the same year, along with the "Hall of Heroes" accessory, detailing many of the major characters appearing in "Forgotten Realms" novels published up through that time. In early 1990, the hardcover "Forgotten Realms Adventures" by Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood was released, which introduced the Realms setting to the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" game and detailed how the Time of Troubles had changed the setting. The RPGA used the Forgotten Realms city of Ravens Bluff as the setting for their first living campaign. Official RPGA support for this product line included the "Living City" modules series. A number of sub-settings of the Forgotten Realms were briefly supported in the early 1990s. Three more modules were produced for the Kara-Tur setting. "The Horde: Barbarian Campaign Setting", released in 1990, detailed The Hordelands, which also featured a series of three modules. The "Maztica Campaign Set", released in 1991, detailed the continent of Maztica.
Reth
Reth is a fictional city in the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. Reth is one of the five free cities located in the Chondath region of the Vilhon Reach in Faerûn.
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A continent west of Faerûn (in the "Forgotten Realms") that parallels Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
The Ruins of Undermountain
The Ruins of Undermountain is a boxed set for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The set, with product code TSR 1060, was published in 1991, and was written by Ed Greenwood, with box cover art by Brom.
Doom of Daggerdale
Doom of Daggerdale is an adventure module for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
Neverwinter
Neverwinter is a fictional city-state in the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. Neverwinter was founded by Lord Halueth Never. It sits on the northwestern coast of the subcontinent of Faerûn.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
The book was organized into nine chapters, which cover the campaign setting in broad detail. The primary emphasis is on the continent of Faerûn, and the other continents are only briefly mentioned. The chapters are arranged as follows:This work contained a number of quality maps, and a fold-out map of the continent of Faerûn. There were also many sidebar topics and tables.
Jeff Grubb
Grubb was a consultant on the first edition of "Unearthed Arcana", and authored the first edition of the "Manual of the Planes". Grubb contacted Ed Greenwood, author of numerous articles in "Dragon" about his home campaign setting, and soon Greenwood began sending Grubb packages full of maps and background information; this collaboration resulted in the publication of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting beginning with the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (1987). He is the designer of the "Spelljammer" campaign setting, and the Al-Qadim setting. Grubb felt that Al-Qadim was well received because the designers had managed to hide the setting's potential from TSR's executives.
Elaine Cunningham
Elaine Cunningham (born August 12, 1957 in New York City) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, especially known for her contributions to the "Dungeons & Dragons" role playing game campaign setting of Forgotten Realms, including the realms of Evermeet, Halruaa, Ruathym and Waterdeep.
Forgotten Realms
Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. Several years later, Greenwood brought the setting to the "D&D" game as a series of magazine articles, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, as have various licensed products including novels, role-playing video game adaptations (including the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to use graphics), and comic books. The Forgotten Realms is one of the most popular "D&D" settings, largely due to the success of novels by authors such as R. A. Salvatore and numerous role-playing video games, including "Pool of Radiance" (1988), "Eye of the Beholder" (1991), "Baldur's Gate" (1998), "Icewind Dale" (2000) and "Neverwinter Nights" (2002).
List of Forgotten Realms cities
Armed forces
Ed Greenwood
Greenwood discovered the "Dungeons & Dragons" game in 1975 and soon became a regular player. He used the Realms as a setting for his campaigns, which centered around the fictional locales of Waterdeep and Shadowdale, locations that would figure prominently in his later writing. According to Greenwood, his players' thirst for detail pushed him to further develop the Forgotten Realms setting: "They want[ed] it to seem real, and work on 'honest jobs' and personal activities, until the whole thing [grew] into far more than a casual campaign."
War of the Spider Queen
War of the Spider Queen is a fantasy series of novels set in the "Forgotten Realms" universe published by Wizards of the Coast. The series contains six books focused on the drow and their principal deity Lolth. Each of the six novels in the series is written by a different author with veteran Forgotten Realms author R. A. Salvatore overseeing the project. Cover art for each book in the series was designed by Gerald Brom who has done other Forgotten Realms work including reprints of The Avatar Series.
The Nobles
The Nobles is a series of novels by David Cook, Victor Milan, Mark Anthony, Brian Thomsen, Paul Kidd, and Lynn Abbey, set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Magic of Faerûn
Magic of Faerûn is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the 3rd edition of the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
The Forgotten Realms Atlas
"The Forgotten Realms Atlas" is an indexed book which contains three-color maps from Forgotten Realms modules and novels. This includes large, small scale regional maps (one inch to two hundred miles), as well as detailed location maps and diagrams of story and scenario areas, and focuses on the Moonshae Isles, the Northwest lands near Waterdeep, and the Western Heartlands areas around Cormyr and the Dalelands. These large scale maps cover the areas detailed in Forgotten Realms game modules and novels that had been published before the "Atlas".
Forgotten Realms
The original gray boxed set received a revision in 1993 to update it to the second edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D)" rules system, with the release of a new "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" boxed set, containing three books ("A Grand Tour of the Realms", "Running the Realms", and "Shadowdale") and various "monster supplements", with a new graphic look. Additional material for the setting was released steadily throughout the 1990s. Forgotten Realms novels, such as the "Legacy of the Drow" series, the first three books of "The Elminster Series", and numerous anthologies were also released throughout the 1990s, which led to the setting being hailed as one of the most successful shared fantasy universes of the 1990s. These novels in turn sparked interest in role-playing activity by new gamers.
Tressym
The tressym appeared for third edition for the Forgotten Realms setting in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (2001), and "Lost Empires of Faerûn" (2005).
Old Empires
Old Empires is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The book, with product code TSR 9274, was published in 1990, and was written by Scott Bennie, with cover art by Brom and interior art by Valerie Valusek.
Forgotten Realms
In his book "The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible", Sean Patrick Fannon describes the Forgotten Realms as being "the most ambitious fantasy game setting published since Tekumel", and that it "may be the most widely played-in game setting in RPG history." Similarly, in literature, the novels written in the Forgotten Realms setting have formed one of "the industry's leading fantasy series". Over time these novels have gained "unprecedented popularity", which led, as Marc Oxoby noted in his book, "The 1990s", to the novels having an "extraordinary shelf life", remaining in print for many years. This popular reception has also been reflected in public libraries. For example, Joyce Saricks states in "The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction" that the novels have been among the most requested books by fans of the fantasy genre.
Geographical index of Toril
Faerûn is a fictional continent in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting world of Forgotten Realms.
Forgotten Realms Adventures
Forgotten Realms Adventures is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The book, with product code TSR 2106, was published in 1990, and was written by Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood, with cover art by Clyde Caldwell and interior art by Steven Fabian, Ned Dameron, Larry Elmore, Caldwell, and Jeff Easley.
Dungeons &amp; Dragons (IDW Publishing)
"Forgotten Realms" is a five-issue mini-series that was released, starting in May 2012, based on original characters in the "Forgotten Realms" setting.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
The "Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide" was written by Philip Athans, Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, and Chris Sims, and published in 2008. The book features art by Drew Baker, Leon Cortez, Eric Deschamps, Steve Ellis, Randy Gallegos, Adam Gillespie, Michael Komarck, Robert Lazzaretti, Ron Lemen, Lee Moyer, William O'Connor, Mike Schley, Keven Smith, Emi Tanji, Mark Tedin, Francis Tsai, Matt Wilson, Sam Wood, Ben Wootten, Kieran Yanner, and James Zhang.
List of Forgotten Realms characters
Ryld Argith is a fictional character in the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. He appears in R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen Series, a six book series chronicling the war which besieges Menzoberranzan, and several drow cities as well as the search performed by a group of drow from Menzoberranzan to find out why Lolth is silent to her children.
Eric L. Boyd
Boyd used to run a campaign set in the Forgotten Realms, specifically a play by email set in Waterdeep, City of Splendors, revolving around the Waterdhavian nobility called "Hidden Splendors". However, Hidden Splendors is currently on hiatus. More recently he has started up the "Six Swords" campaign set in the Sembian city of Yhaunn.
Torm (Forgotten Realms)
Torm was described in the hardback "Forgotten Realms Adventures" (1990), the revised "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet, and "Faiths & Avatars" (1996). "Faiths & Avatars" details Torm's actions in the Time of Troubles, leading up to his self-sacrifice, subsequent reinstatement and promotion to lesser status.
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is a video game that was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows PC. It is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for "Dungeons & Dragons" (D&D), but the gameplay only vaguely models D&D's structure. The story was written by R.A. Salvatore and features the voices of Patrick Stewart as Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun and Michael Clarke Duncan as Ygorl.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
The "Cyclopedia of the Realms" provides background information on and details maps of the locations in the accompanying maps of the Forgotten Realms. It begins with an explanation of the Realms' treatment of time, names, language, and currency, and its gods and religion. The remaining 75 pages of the book is an encyclopedic and alphabetic listing of important places, races, nations, cultures, character classes, and organizations of the Realms.
Dungeons &amp; Dragons campaign settings
Oerth (the name of the world where "Greyhawk" campaigns take place) is a "standard" medieval fantasy world, similar in many ways to the Forgotten Realms campaign, but overall darker in tone, closer to a sword and sorcery scenario. The first official edition of the campaign was published in 1980, although sections of it had appeared in articles published by the author.
Dragon (magazine)
"Dragon" was the launching point for a number of rules, spells, monsters, magic items, and other ideas that were incorporated into later official products of the "Dungeons & Dragons" game. A prime example is the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, which first became known through a series of "Dragon" articles in the 1980s by its creator Ed Greenwood. It subsequently went on to become one of the primary campaign 'worlds' for official "Dungeons and Dragons" products, starting in 1987. The magazine appeared on the cover as simply "Dragon" from July 1980, later changing its name to Dragon Magazine starting November 1987.
List of Forgotten Realms modules and sourcebooks
"Forgotten Realms" modules and sourcebooks are modules (adventures) and sourcebooks (campaign setting information) printed for the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting in the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
Lathander
Lathander later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set"s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
The Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide is a supplement to the 4th edition of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game.
Sean K. Reynolds
The "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" won the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Game Supplement of 2001. It made the Amazon.ca bestseller list at number 47 in September 2002. Reynolds identified the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" as his favorite individual product from throughout his career, stating that it "was a huge amount of work but was so worth it because it is a great product". In May 2003 his book "Races of Faerun" (co-authored with Matt Forbeck, James Jacobs, and Eric L. Boyd) landed on the same bestseller list at number 42.
Citadel Felbarr
"Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting"
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
In 2002, the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" won the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Game Supplement of 2001.
Calendars in the Forgotten Realms
In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, years (usually described as the passing of winters or summers) are referred to by names, each name is not consistent across the Realms. This helps alleviate any confusion from multiple writers using different names for the same year. Each kingdom or city-state numbers years differently, usually to measure the reign of a dynasty or the current monarch, or since the founding of the country. The result is a hodgepodge of overlapping numbers that serve to confuse the ordinary person and frustrate the sage. The widespread differing year dates include the following:
Dungeons &amp; Dragons campaign settings
Created by author and game designer Ed Greenwood as his personal campaign and detailed in a long series of articles in "Dragon Magazine", Forgotten Realms became the most popular D&D setting from the late 1980s onwards and has been well received by both gamers and reviewers - Sean Patrick Fannon, author of "The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible", has praised the setting's scope and ambition and considered that it "may be the most widely played-in game setting in RPG history."
Forgotten Realms Adventures
Chapter 1 (pages 1–13) details the changes that have occurred to the Forgotten Realms setting since the publishing of the original Forgotten Realms Campaign Set, after the Time of Troubles - the events of the first three books of "The Avatar Series" of novels. This chapter describes the changes in character class between first edition and second edition, and how to transition older characters to the newer edition. This chapter also describes physical changes to the Realms, including "dead magic regions" (where no magic will function), and "wild magic regions" (spells cast within the area may be altered radically). Firearm technology is also introduced to the setting.
Kossuth (Dungeons &amp; Dragons)
Kossuth was described in the hardback "Forgotten Realms Adventures" (1990), the revised "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet, and "Faiths & Avatars" (1996).
Waterdeep and the North
Waterdeep and the North (product code FR1) is an accessory for the "Dungeons & Dragons" campaign setting "Forgotten Realms". It was written by Ed Greenwood and published by TSR in 1987.
Forgotten Realms
Beginning with the periodical's 30th issue in 1979, Greenwood published a series of short articles that detailed the setting in "The Dragon" magazine, the first of which was about a monster known as the "curst". Greenwood wrote voluminous entries to "Dragon" magazine, using the Realms as a setting for his descriptions of magic items, monsters, and spells. In 1986, the American game publishing company TSR began looking for a new campaign setting for the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" game, and assigned Jeff Grubb to find out more about the setting used by Greenwood as portrayed in his articles in "Dragon". According to Greenwood, Grubb asked him "Do you just make this stuff up as you go, or do you really have a huge campaign world?"; Greenwood answered "yes" to both questions. TSR felt that the Forgotten Realms would be a more open-ended setting than the epic Dragonlance setting, and chose the Realms as a ready-made campaign setting upon deciding to publish "AD&D" 2nd Edition. Greenwood agreed to work on the project, and began working to get the Forgotten Realms officially published. Greenwood sent TSR a few dozen cardboard boxes stuffed with pencil notes and maps, and sold all rights to the Realms for a token fee. Greenwood noted that TSR altered his original conception of the Realms being a place that we could travel to from our world, "Concerns over possible lawsuits (kids getting hurt while trying to 'find a gate') led TSR to de-emphasize this meaning".
Crusade (Forgotten Realms novel)
Crusade is a fantasy novel by James Lowder, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is the third and final novel in "The Empires Trilogy". It was published in paperback in January 1991.The Tuigan army is sweeping across Faerûn. Alerted by the witches of Rashemen, King Azoun IV of Cormyr fails to convince his entourage and his allies in the magnitude of the threat. It is certain, however: Kingdoms will have to unite if they do not want to be scanned one after the other by the Tuigan horde.
List of regions in Faerûn
This is a list of fictional regions, geographical features, and other locations on the continent of Faerûn from the "Forgotten Realms" setting. These locations have appeared in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, the multiple series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms, or the numerous video games set in the Forgotten Realms, or any combination thereof.
Hobgoblin (Dungeons &amp; Dragons)
"Races of Faerûn" (2003) presented the hobgoblin as a player character race for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
The set includes four full-color, 34" x 22" maps, two of which combine to form a large-scale (1" = 90 miles) map of the western half of the vast Realms continent, while the other two provide a more detailed (1" = 30 miles) map of the regions featured in this campaign pack.
Faerûn
Faerûn is a fictional continent, the primary setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" world of "Forgotten Realms". It is described in detail in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (2001) from Wizards of the Coast, and various locales and aspects are described in more depth in separate campaign setting books. Around a hundred novels and several computer and video games use the Faerûn setting.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
To usher in the new edition of "Dungeons & Dragons", major events occur in the world. The most notable of these include the death of the goddess Mystra and her Weave, and the subsequent Spellplague, a phenomenon which occurs with the decomposition of the Weave and either kills spellcasters or drives them mad. This Spellplague causes calamitous events in the environment and the natural world, such as animation of giant statues, violent earthquakes, corruption of various beings into monsters, and the collapse of some regions of the Underdark. Popular characters such as Elminster and Drizzt Do'Urden are stated to be included. An additional campaign setting book, covering the city of Neverwinter and its environs was released in 2011, while an overview of the history, both fictional and real-world, of the Realms was published as "Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms" in 2012, written by Realms creator Ed Greenwood.
Faerûn
When the third edition of the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" was released in 2001, the designers took the opportunity to redesign the continent of Faerûn. Its size was reduced slightly to remove 'empty space' from the map and the Chultan Peninsula was moved several hundred miles north, reducing the size of the empty grassplain known as the Shaar. Additionally, the designers slightly adjusted the projection of the map to better reflect the curvature of the planet. There was no in-universe explanation given for these changes as it was classified as a retcon.
Dungeons &amp; Dragons campaign settings
A setting inspired by the Arabian Nights mythos, with genies, elemental wizards, holy assassins, and a land unified by belief in the power of Fate. The land, named Zakhara, is located near the southern border of the continent of Faerûn, the main landmass of the Realms. However, "Al-Qadim" appeared under its own label, and not the "Forgotten Realms" label, unlike Kara-Tur and Maztica. This campaign setting is no longer officially supported; however, it is now regarded part of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting as its setting is mentioned in some Forgotten Realms sourcebooks and novels.
Waterdeep
The City of Waterdeep was an integral part of Ed Greenwood's house campaign, and is the most important city in the north of the Forgotten Realms setting. Game designer Ken Rolston called Waterdeep "the urban showpiece of the Forgotten Realms campaign". Jim Bambra called Waterdeep "an ideal setting for urban adventures", adding that Waterdeep "has a rich background which gives the city great character".
List of Forgotten Realms nations
This is a list of fictional nations and countries from the "Forgotten Realms" setting. These nations have appeared in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the "Dungeons and Dragons" fantasy roleplaying game, the multiple series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms, or the numerous video and computer games set in the Forgotten Realms, or any combination thereof.
Shade (Dungeons &amp; Dragons)
The shade appeared in fourth edition for the Forgotten Realms setting in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide" (2008).
Fantasy world
"Dungeons & Dragons", the first major role-playing game, has created several detailed and commercially successful fantasy worlds (called "campaign settings"), with established characters, locations, histories, and sociologies. The Forgotten Realms is perhaps the most extensively developed of these worlds. These elements of detail can be a large part of what attracts people to RPGs.
The Forgotten Realms Atlas
The Forgotten Realms Atlas was a book produced by Karen Wynn Fonstad and provided detailed maps of the Forgotten Realms, a fictional setting in the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
List of Forgotten Realms cities
This is a list of fictional cities, towns, and villages from the "Forgotten Realms" setting. These locations have appeared in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the "Dungeons and Dragons" fantasy roleplaying game, the multiple series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms, or the numerous video and computer games set in the Forgotten Realms, or any combination thereof.
Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms
"Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms" details a Forgotten Realms campaign setting for use with "Oriental Adventures", which describes the eastern land of Kara-Tur and its geography, population, society, government, history, languages, and opportunities for adventure. Like the original "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set", this set only lightly details the vast land of Kara-Tur, leaving room for the DM's creativity.
The Forgotten Realms Archives
The Forgotten Realms Archives is a compilation of the "AD&D" "Forgotten Realms" series from the beginning of the series in 1988 through 1996, including 12 complete games:
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Notable updates to the campaign setting included the widespread presence of Red Wizard enclaves in various cities, the presence of a mysterious group called the "Shades" in the southern Anauroch desert, and the increasing "surface presence" of Dark Elves in the Dalelands. The setting history was updated to reflect various major events such as the changes to the pantheon of Faerûn since the "Time of Troubles", and the defeat of the Tuigan Horde.
Umberlee
Umberlee later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set"s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).
Forgotten Realms
Numerous Forgotten Realms video games were released Between 1990 and 2000. The "Eye of the Beholder" PC game was released in 1990. This game was later followed by two sequels, the first in 1991, and the second in 1992. All three games were re-released for DOS on a single disk in 1995. Another 1991 release was "Neverwinter Nights" on America Online, the first graphical Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). In 1998, "Baldur's Gate" was released, the first in a line of popular role-playing video games developed by BioWare and "considered by most pundits as the hands-down best PC roleplaying game ever". The game was followed by a sequel, "" in 2000 as well as "Icewind Dale", a separate game that utilized the same game engine as "Baldur's Gate". "" was released in 2001. Several popular Forgotten Realms characters such as Drizzt Do'Urden and Elminster made minor appearances in these games.
Mel Odom (author)
Odom sold his first book in January 1988 and wrote dozens more books over the next ten years. He wrote two novels for the F.R.E.E.Lancers campaign setting for TSR's "Top Secret/S.I." role-playing game, "F.R.E.E.Lancers" and "F.R.E.E.Fall". He followed these with his first Forgotten Realms novel in 1998, "The Lost Library of Cormanthyr", and then his "Threat from the Sea" trilogy.
Abeir-Toril
Toril was the name of Jeff Grubb's campaign world, and it was adopted as the name of the planet upon which the continent of Faerûn existed when he and Ed Greenwood were designing the original "Forgotten Realms Boxed Set" in 1987. Abeir- was added as a prefix to the planet's name so that it would be the first entry in the alphabetical encyclopedia of terms included in the set. The setting's entire planet underwent a major change during the 1989 "Avatar" trilogy, which detailed a series of events called the Time of Troubles, during which gods walked the earth and magic became unpredictable. These events caused permanent changes in gameplay that were outlined in the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" 2nd edition campaign setting books.
Mielikki (Forgotten Realms)
Mielikki later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Set"s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).
Forgotten Realms Player's Guide
The "Forgotten Realms Player's Guide" presents the changed Forgotten Realms setting from the point of view of the adventurers exploring it. This product includes everything a player needs to create a character for a "D&D" campaign in the 4th edition Forgotten Realms setting, including new feats, new character powers, new paragon paths and epic destinies, and even the brand-new swordmage character class.
Dungeons &amp; Dragons campaign settings
The lands of the Forgotten Realms are not all ruled by the human race: the setting's planet, Abeir-Toril, is shared by humans, dwarves, elves, goblins, orcs, Dragons and other peoples and creatures. Technologically, the world resembles pre-industrial Earth of the 13th or 14th century. However, the strong presence of magic provides an additional element of power to the societies.
Forgotten Realms
With the release of the "Dungeons & Dragons" 4th Edition, the Forgotten Realms were updated again to the new rules system, featuring a very changed Realms and moving the fictional world's timeline 94 years into the future. The "Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide", released August 2008, is a 288-page book for Dungeon Masters. The "Forgotten Realms Player's Guide" was released the following month, and contains information for players to help create Forgotten Realms characters. An adventure, "Scepter Tower of Spellgard", was also released in September 2008 and can be used in combination with the adventure in the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide" to start a Forgotten Realms campaign. In 2008, the Forgotten Realms also became the setting for the RPGA's sole living campaign, Living Forgotten Realms, replacing Living Greyhawk. In 2011, the Neverwinter Campaign Setting was released.
Tyr (Forgotten Realms)
Tyr ( ) is the Faerûnian deity of Law and Justice in Ed Greenwood's "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, specifically the fictional world of Abeir-Toril. His dogma is primarily concerned with the punishment of wrong-doers, and the general furthering of Law and Good in the world.
List of Forgotten Realms cities
Ravens Bluff was for many years home to the RPGA's Living City role-playing campaign—a part of their Living campaign—and the site of the Living City series of game modules. The campaign was first proposed by then-RPGA Coordinator Penny Petticord in "Polyhedron" magazine issue #25 and ended in 2004.
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
The "Dungeon Master's Sourcebook of the Realms" describes how to set up and run a campaign in the Forgotten Realms. A pair of miniscenarios is included, and information is provided on wilderness terrain and movement, important personalities, rumors, and significant and magical books. Written from the perspective of Elminster the sage, the book introduces the campaign setting, explains how to use it, and offers adventure resources. Large areas were set aside to be developed for house campaigns, and no published materials were intended to be printed to exploit those areas, while one area detailed in this package was intended to have no subsequent publications use that area. The package covers only the western half of a single continent, with the eastern half reserved for future publication of Kara-Tur. Two complete dungeon-style adventures are provided: "Halls of the Beast-Tamers", a dungeon with many unconventional problem-solving exercises, and "Lashan's Fall", a dungeon with a mystery and an opportunity to parley with a monster. The "Books of the Forgotten Realms" section is a treatment of several magical tomes that suggests a variety of adventures, with a description of the appearance, history, and contents of each book.
Nightmare Keep
Nightmare Keep () is an adventure module for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.