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Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Linu La'neral was a moon elf cleric of the goddess Sehanine Moonbow who hailed from the city of Evereska and became a renowned adventurer <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a> 📖: Neverwinter Nights 🎨: Marc Taro Holmes<a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Linu_La%27neral" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Linu_La%27neral</a>

Jürgen Hubert<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> 8 May. Give an example of a project you’ve had to give up on.Well, that requires some explanation.Back in the early 1990s, TSR was on a "National Geographic" trip and produced a number of expansions for their <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ForgottenRealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForgottenRealms</a> setting for <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnD</a> which were basically fantasy counterpart cultures to real world cultures.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Maztica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maztica</a> , based on Mesoamerican cultures, was arguably the worst of these. The initial premise was basically a fantasy replay of Cortez' conquests of the <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Aztec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aztec</a> Empire, and it went worse from there - the locals basically had little agency of their own, their magic and technology was weaker than that of the "Mighty Whitey" invaders, and so forth.My concept was to use the massive time skip between the 2E and the 5E version of the Realms to update the setting to a modern, postcolonial area, and give the locals their dignity back and make them the heroes of their own stories, instead of local color for explorers from mainland Faerun.I did a lot of concept work I am still proud of and wanted to publish something on the Dungeon Master's Guild. But in the end, I wasn't sure that the original settings deserved being redone in that manner - and as a white European, I am probably not the best person to do it.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Mesoamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mesoamerica</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#representation</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:At long last, we have fresh clacks for you, detailing just some of our recent adventures in the Realms. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Current_clack" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Current_clack</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:The city of Toreus in Chessenta was known for its assertive business strategies, which included trading with marauding pirates and allowing the presence of a Red Wizard enclave, much to the chagrin of its neighbors. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Toreus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Toreus</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Leprechauns loved to play pranks and were prone to steal valuable trinkets from travelers. They especially loved gold, and hoards of it could be found in every leprechaun abode. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a> 📖: Dungeon 211 🎨: Jason Juta<a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Leprechaun" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Leprechaun</a>

DarkwyndPTCheck out my new review! <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/crpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crpg</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/ssi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssi</a><a href="http://retrofreakreviews.com/2025/03/17/pool-of-radiance-dos-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://retrofreakreviews.com/2025/03/17/pool-of-radiance-dos-review/</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Sparkrender was a remarkably loathsome and dangerous blue dragon wyrmling who plotted to use the spirits of dead dragons on Stormwreck Isle to grant himself godlike power. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Sparkrender" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Sparkrender</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Crosswinds Keep was a fortified town on the Astral Plane built into the skull of a dead god by a retired party of adventurers from Faerûn after one of them, Moala Addrell, received a divine prompt from Chauntea herself. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Crosswinds_Keep" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Crosswinds_Keep</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Watching Honor Among Thieves?Looking for every creature cameo, Easter egg, and behind-the-scenes detail?Our wiki’s got you covered with a massive index of everything in the film—plus all the real-world production lore. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Honor_Among_Thieves" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Honor_Among_Thieves</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:The Isle of the Long Legged and Long Armed was a tiny island in Wa, Kara-Tur, inhabited by a strange species of inch-tall people with relatively long legs and arms, known for their artistry. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Isle_of_the_Long_Legged_and_Long_Armed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Isle_of_the_Long_Legged_and_Long_Armed</a>

GMRaphiBeginne die Vorbereitungen für einen kleinen D&D Fewshot mit Wappendesign! Öfter mal was Neues, allons-y! Baroness Feriana Corvinia regiert diese Provinz, die formell zu Cormyr gehört. Ihr Gatte, Baron Allvred Corvinia, beschränkt sich auf die Jagd und die Ausbildung der Offiziere.Familienwappen bei <a href="https://coamaker.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coamaker.com/</a> zusammengeschmissen, grossartige Seite! <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/pnpde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pnpde</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/forgottenRealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenRealms</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/Cormyr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cormyr</a>

D3Netflix entwickelt Live-Action Serie in den Vergessenen Reichen<a href="https://deadline.com/2025/02/dungeons-dragons-series-the-forgotten-realms-netflix-shawn-levy-1236288182/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2025/02/dungeons-dragons-series-the-forgotten-realms-netflix-shawn-levy-1236288182/</a>Produziert wird die Serie von Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Deadpool & Wolverine) und Drew Crevello wird Showrunner. Crevello war bereits als Showrunner der vor Produktion eingestellten Serie bei Paramount+ eingesetzt.Netflix geht offenbar All in, der Streamingerfolg von Honour among Thieves hat sicher dazu beigetragen.<a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/pnpde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pnpde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/ForgottenRealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForgottenRealms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/HonourAmongThieves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HonourAmongThieves</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Clerics of Laduguer, the duergar god of weapons, could cast the spell enchanted hammer on a blacksmith's hammer made from silver or mithral to make it produce superior smithwork. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Enchanted_hammer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Enchanted_hammer</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Daerdatha "Darkspells" was a drow sorceress who personally recruited a number of fellow drow to infiltrate Scornubel wearing magical disguises in an attempt to conquer the city. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Daerdatha" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Daerdatha</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Faraway was an illusory village created by Graz'zt as an elaborate trap to trick and destroy his enemies, but the demon lord's simplistic storytelling and shallow worldbuilding meant adventurers soon saw through it. The characters, all disguised demons, broke character and attacked. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Faraway_(illusion)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Faraway_(illusion)</a>

What Do I Know?Thoughts on the Forgotten Realms Subclasses UAYou may wonder what this is if you read the previous blog post. This is actually the kind of content I want to be able to post. I want to have an opinion, be moved to write about it, and post it. The formalized process and the schedule are the things that work against me, but I’m not going to stop having opinions. The difference is, I’m not going to open up various other subclasses and do a deep analysis to make sure I’m shoring up my points. I may be wrong or off the cuff, and if I am, I hope you let me know.This discussion first came up on the THAC0 with Advantage Discord, so please, if you haven’t already, consider joining our Patreon, joining our Discord, and listening to the podcast. I’d appreciate it. This is a slightly edited version of my thoughts after being asked about the most recent Unearthed Arcana, looking at the subclasses that might be included in this Fall’s Forgotten Realms releases.The SubclassesBard: College of the Moon. I actually like the College of the Moon. It has a nice mechanical call back to 1e Bards and the Moonshaes, which was very tied to the druidic-themed bards of that era. It kind of steps on the College of Spirits with tying abilities to “stories,” but that’s not that weird for a bard, just not something we’ve seen framed that way outside of the College of Spirits.Cleric: The Knowledge Domain. This revision doesn’t bother me except for one thing (mechanically), and that’s Unfettered Mind, which means Intelligence checks will be largely pointless for this character after 6th level unless they’re extremely difficult. That feels too early for that kind of ability, and it leans back into that problem of showing that a class or subclass is good by just not having the class need to roll for anything.Fighter: Purple Dragon Knight. Even if you want to have a fighter subclass that’s a dragon rider, I think you still have some awkwardness with the 7th-level ability because being allowed to use a medium dragon as a mount, even though it’s too small, feels like you’re awkwardly riding something, and to me that feels less cool than feeling like you’re a competent dragon rider riding something that can be ridden. I’m still trying to work out the hesitance to make it large at 7th-level, since the statistics are still keyed to the character, not to an existing stat block. Its not even like it interacts with emanations much, which would be wider with a large creature than a medium one. 15th level before you can picture your character riding a properly sized dragon doesn’t feel good to me.Paladin: Oath of Noble Genies. Oath of the Noble Genies is a conceptual issue for me, regardless of lore. I think a paladin’s oath is about DOING something for a reason or stopping something for a reason. There are a number of oaths, a lot of them 3rd party, that do what this subclass does, where it doesn’t play with the core fantasy of a paladin. “I have sworn an oath to do genie stuff and oppose non-genie stuff.” I don’t get a strong roleplaying vibe from that.In fact, one of the big selling points of the 5e paladin is that they are so devoted to doing a thing, championing a CAUSE, that they don’t necessarily have a specific deity, and the gods just kind of say, “yup, that’s a champion of THING, they need these powers.” But this is “I think these genies need to be followed, so I serve them,” which doesn’t feel like a paladin oath to me.Ranger: Winter Walker. The problem I have with the Winter Walker is that you are a ranger from the scary cold, hunting scary things that live in the cold. And you do extra cold damage. That’ll show those yetis, cold light walkers, and white dragons who’s boss. By that, I mean someone who doesn’t do extra cold damage that those creatures can ignore. Yes, if you take this ranger and adventure in non-cold environments, but it’s a weird disconnect that they’re less effective in their native terrain because of this.Sorcerer: Spellfire Sorcery. The Spellfire Sorcerer actually does what I would expect from the setting material it’s drawn from. It’s not as powerful as most spellfire wielders have been portrayed, but it does what they do, in a toned-down manner, and when they get higher level, they can start looking more like the raw, elemental channelers of the Weave that they’re supposed to be. I’m kind of cool with that.Rogue: Scion of the Three. My issue with the Scion of the Three will sound like a setting issue, but it’s almost more of a marketing issue. The italicized text might as well say this subclass exists because Baldur’s Gate III made over a billion dollars. One of the things I saw lauded in various places about the 2024 Player’s Handbook’s character creation process was “ask to see if an evil character is okay.” It feels weird to actively encourage not just nuanced evil characters but someone kind of revels in murder as a player character option.The Lore Behind the SubclassesFighter: Purple Dragon Knight. The Purple Dragon Knights have nothing to do with amythest dragons. It’s very weird that in the designer videos, it seems to bother them that there wasn’t a more direct thematic tie between calling an order of knights “The Knights of the X Dragon” and literally giving them powers based on that dragon type. That makes it feel like the expectation of everything in the setting is that there will be a very obvious game-related reason for every name, without any symbolism or nuance. Is it going to be a problem if the Red Wizards of Thay aren’t all literally red?I don’t think works as a dragonrider knight as well as it could, but it has nothing to do with Cormyr as a Purple Dragon Knight. It’s taking something intrinsically Cormyrean and trying to say, “Yeah, maybe these were kind of related to Cormyr, but now they’re not associated with a single country and are all about working with amethyst dragons.” That’s even weirder because why are amethyst dragons more likely to bond with a knightly order than other dragon types, other than coopting an existing name?Gold, Silver, Bronze, Red, and Blue have all been associated with dragon riders and militaries in other settings, but Amethyst dragons are obsessed with multiple realities and collecting obscure knowledge. Other than trying to make the name of the subclass painfully obvious, there is no reason to make this a class associated with the knighthood of Cormyr. If anything, if you REALLY wanted to connect this to the Realms or Baldur’s Gate III, make this a class tied to, but not limited to, Githyanki, and make sure you can use red dragons and maybe a few other types as well, with this subclass. I know they won’t go this route because it’s more obscure, but if you really wanted an order of dragon-riding knights to serve as a basis, Impiltur has traditionally had dragon riders in its history. But Impiltur is even further away from the Sword Coast and less commonly mentioned than Cormyr.Cleric: Knowledge Domain. It’s minor, but the marketing-driven lore bothers me. In the description of the Knowledge domain, the primary gods associated with Knowledge are mentioned as Asmodeus, Mystra, Savras, and Jergal, and then “less-common divinities” like Deneir, Oghma, and Azuth are mentioned. The introduction is contradicted because Oghma and Gond were mentioned up front, but then the rest of the description walks all of that back.Jergal is an obscure deity that many people in the Realms don’t even remember. He has a role in Baldur’s Gate III, but the narrative doesn’t imply that Jergal is a major deity, even in Baldur’s Gate III. It’s very careful to frame him as an obscure god who gave his power to Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul in the distant past. Oghma, Deneir, and Azuth are all much more well-known deities. Yes, people may know who Jergal is from Baldur’s Gate III, but if they were paying attention, they’re probably going to wonder why he’s so well known now all of a sudden.Paladin: Oath of Noble Genies. There are genies in the history of Calminshan. The genies Calim and Memnon both formed nations in the region and went to war with one another. The region and its cities still bear their names, but they were bound into a gem before Calimnshan was formally founded. Neither genie was particularly well regarded. In the 4e era, Memnon and Calmin were freed, went back to war with one another, installed genasi as leaders in the region, and generally treated the humans of the region pretty badly.We haven’t seen much of Calimnshan in the 5e era, but we know Calim and Memnon were overthrown and banished back to the elemental chaos/elemental planes. Basically, it was the same broad reboot that the rest of the Realms received, so we just generally know that Calimnshan is being pieced back together, probably in a manner that looks similar to what it looked like in the late 3e era . . . maybe. That gives us a few issues with having well-known and established paladins with an Oath to serve genies:<ul><li>Its unlikely they would be drawing power from all four genie types when there was only a Djinn and an Efreet involved in the region</li><li>Servants of these genies aren’t likely to be working with one another since Calmin and Memnon have constantly been at war with one another</li><li>Servants of both genies would probably be seen as oppressors in this era, given that the genies put genasi in charge and specifically enslaved or oppressed the humans of the region</li></ul>I know they may not want to play up Djinn and Efreet being in an eternal war—I don’t know—but that doesn’t mean Calmin and Memnon wouldn’t have been at war, establishing separate, competing empires in the region in ancient times. They may not want to play up genasi enslaving humans in the name of the genie lords, but it would be strange to try to change Calim and Memnon from generational villains to revered rulers.Rogue: Scion of the Three. There is no reason that a rogue that is supernaturally invested in murder would be a “Scion of the Three” and not just a “Scion of Bhaal.” Even if you want to lean into the Baldur’s Gate III storyline, three distinct, contentiously allied faiths were working together. You had a Chosen of Myrkul, a Chosen of Bane, and a Chosen of Bhaal, not a champion of all three. It’s not just design dictated by marketing; it’s design that’s only engaging with the surface level of the game rather than its actual content. Ranger: Winter Walker. The Winter Walker ranger leans heavily into being a ranger from a cold land beset by vague cosmic horrors and undead, which is the theme of Rime of the Frost Maiden, but it’s never been a theme of Icewind Dale before that. It’s fine as a theme for that adventure, but it becomes this strange thing where a type of ranger has emerged that caters to a state that has only existed in Icewind Dale for a decade? If this is the new “theme” of Icewind Dale, what does the place look like when you resolve Rime of the Frost Maiden? If you aren’t playing that adventure, is it the default that Auril always imposes eternal winter unless you play through those events? It feels like we’re only going to get this new theme, which was the consequence of Auril being trapped there and causing the eternal winter in recent years.I understand they want very distinct, easily communicated themes, but those themes feel very thin and very obviously tied to very specific, singular storylines. Icewind Dale does have a theme of having lost places that are difficult to find because of the weather and being the corner of the world where people go to lose themselves. That theme ties into Honor Among Thieves, and Honor Among Thieves even flies in the face of Icewind Dale, which is a horror setting.Without Auril and the eternal winter, it’s still pretty damn cold most of the time, and we’ve established the following about the region:<ul><li>Outcasts and people wanting to start over live in Ten Towns</li><li>The Lord’s Alliance established a prison in the region because it sequesters undesirables far away from most of the Sword Coast, and only daring, charming, movie-worthy heroes would manage to escape</li><li>Because of the remote location, ancient civilizations have ruins there that have gone unexplored, which has been a theme both in Rime of the Frost Maiden and the Icewind Dale video games</li></ul>It’s also just a wee bit strange that the description of the Winter Walker implies that there may be multiple fallen cities from Netheril in the city, which kind of seems like overkill, given that there weren’t that many Netherese flying cities to begin with.Broader Lore ThoughtsI understand wanting to have clear themes, but there are clear themes and thin, single-note regions. It seems strange that not only is Icewind Dale being limited to cold/horror themes but also that Cold Walker rangers are so focused on being “Icewind Dale” rangers that an order of rangers with those competencies isn’t framed as having additional origins like Vaasa or the Great Glacier. This is even stranger when you have the opposite problem with the Purple Dragon Knights being taken from specific to Cormyr to being a broader organization across Faerun.I’m not sure what’s driving these kinds of decisions except to ruthlessly design so that something can only be a single thing. Even then, it’s strange that the single thing for one subclass is “you’re from this one region,” and the single thing for this other subclass is “you can’t be from just one region.”I’ve said this several times, but I will revisit something I’ve said before, across multiple editions. As much as I love the aspects of the Realms that appeal to me, if you are remaking large parts of the Realms to fit broader D&D concerns, then don’t use the Realms; make a new setting that can hold your new assumptions. If you want to use Baldur’s Gate III to sell books, then you should realize that Baldur’s Gate III had substance because it used the texture that already existed in the setting, not because it redefined large sections of the setting and ignored other aspects.There is a big difference between “See, Jergal is a thing you recognize from Baldur’s Gate III” and “Jergal has the position he has in the story because of the backstory of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul, that’s been circulating since at least AD&D 2e products.” I’m not calling for a devotion to extreme minutia. Canon for the sake of canon is bad, and it keeps people from engaging with the setting. However, continuity has to be more than identifying proper nouns for it to have any meaning. It’s not easy to find that middle ground, but that’s why the people in the industry who can do it manage to make their work shine.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/baldurs-gate-iii/" target="_blank">#BaldurSGateIII</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/dnd/" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/dungeons-dragons/" target="_blank">#DungeonsDragons</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/dungeons-dragons-2024/" target="_blank">#DungeonsDragons2024</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/forgotten-realms/" target="_blank">#ForgottenRealms</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/gaming/" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/roleplaying-games/" target="_blank">#RoleplayingGames</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/rpg/" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/rpgs/" target="_blank">#rpgs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/tabletop-roleplaying-games/" target="_blank">#TabletopRoleplayingGames</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/ttrpgs/" target="_blank">#ttrpgs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://whatdoiknowjr.com/tag/unearthed-arcana/" target="_blank">#UnearthedArcana</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:The Prismatic Coloring Machine was a magical device that could change the color of someone's hair, and produce unpredictable magical effects. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a> 📖: Dragon+ 12 🎨: Jason Bradley Thompson<a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Prismatic_Coloring_Machine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Prismatic_Coloring_Machine</a>

Forgotten Realms Wiki :dnd:Elminster (left) and Mordenkainen (right) having snacks in Ed Greenwood's living room, with Ed hiding inside a suit of armor. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dnd</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/forgottenrealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgottenrealms</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Realmslore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Realmslore</a> 📖: The Wizards Three (Dragon #185) 🎨: Dan Burr<a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wizards_Three" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wizards_Three</a>

ProjektMyraErster der 2025 beendeten <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/Fantasyromane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasyromane</a> - Extinction von Lisa Smedman ist klassische High Fantasy in den Forgotten Realms, #4 in R.A.Salvatore's <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/WarOfTheSpiderQueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarOfTheSpiderQueen</a> Serie, bei der diesmal nicht Pharoun und Ryld sondern Hallistra und ihre Wandlung im Vordergrund steht. Kein Must Read, aber gerade auch was den separaten Kampf um Menzoberranzan angeht durchaus lesenswert für Fans von Dungeons&Dragons <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/ForgottenRealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForgottenRealms</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/DungeonsAndDragons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DungeonsAndDragons</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnD</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/LisaSmedman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LisaSmedman</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/RASalvatore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RASalvatore</a>

Dave JThat said, though, I got to play the <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ADnD1e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADnD1e</a> classic White Plume Mountain, an abridged version of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TravellerRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TravellerRPG</a>'s equally noteworthy “Ancients" saga (albeit mostly in <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/CypherSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CypherSystem</a>), <a href="https://dice.camp/@Splinterbone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Splinterbone</a>'s ongoing <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DnD5e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnD5e</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ForgottenRealms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForgottenRealms</a> campaign, an irregular <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MonsterOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonsterOfTheWeek</a> game, began campaigns of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/OSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSE</a> and <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TheOneRing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheOneRing</a>, and proudly participated in Al Smith's likely endless reimagining of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/CallOfCthulhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CallOfCthulhu</a>'s colossal <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MasksOfNyarlathotep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MasksOfNyarlathotep</a>, featuring amongst many other embellishments…[4/13]

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