Forgotten Realms

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Sat Feb 10, 2001 6:38 pm

Apart from BG &co. and Salvatore's books, what kind of games/books which staged in the Forgotten Realms?

I have posted similar topic before, but it was broadly about Fantasy books & games, and I like to know more about this region.

Thanks.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sat Feb 10, 2001 7:31 pm

Here is a link to some books and down loads..
[url="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDDownloads_classics.asp"]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDDownloads_classics.asp[/url]

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Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Mon Feb 12, 2001 7:25 am

There is a whole lot of stuff concerning the Forgotten Realms. You might want to be a bit more specific in your request.

There are books, adventures, novels, computer games, and probably lots of other stuff.

So what do you want to know?

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Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Mon Feb 12, 2001 11:57 pm

@Flagg: First, I like to know general geography of Forgotten Realms, ie. location and relations of each states/cities (I can only imagine Amn is warmer than Baldur's Gate

). Also, I want know tales of all those Gods and the Time of Troubles.

I have just read the Icewind Dale Trilogy, and looking for where to go next as well.

Thanks.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Wed Feb 14, 2001 2:18 am

Minerva,

There are basically two types of products that you can use: P&P books and novels

On the P&P books:

You can find excellent coverage of the pantheon of the Forgotten Realms in:
-Faith and Avatars
-Powers and Pantheons

These are truly excellent books. I think that you can download them for a minor fee from the WotC online store I'll post a link at the bottom.

For general info on the realms you might be interested in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Keep in mind that WotC is working on a new one that will be released this summer.

There is plenty to read on the novel side. I have read quite a few and the following are good recommendations:

the complete series that has to do with Drizzt Do'Urden by R.A. Salvatore. This series currently consists of twelve books.
-Dark elf trilogy
-Icewind Dale trilogy
-Legacy of the Drow collector's edition (four books)
-Spine of the world
-Servant of the Shard

You should read them in this order.

There is also an excellent series that deals with the Time of Trouble:
The Avatar Trilogy (Richard Awlinson)
-Shadowdale
-Tantras
-Waterdeep

For getting to know some of the locations I can recommend reading the Cormyr series which currently consists of:
-Cormyr (Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
-Beyond the High Road (Troy Denning)
-Death of a Dragon (Ed Greenwood, Troy Denning)

Info on the isle of Evermeet:
-Evermeet (Elaine Cunningham)

The other books by Elaine Cunningham are also excellent. She has a series that is called:
Song & Sword series. This consists of four or five books.

The link of the online store: [url="http://store.wizards.com/productlist.asp?CategoryID=153&BrandID=52&AgeID=0"]http://store.wizards.com/productlist.asp?CategoryID=153&BrandID=52&AgeID=0[/url]

I hope that this info is useful

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Sheriff · Post by **Sheriff** » Sun Apr 01, 2001 2:31 am

I believe the book is called "Daughter of the Drow".

Elaine Cunnningham writes much better stories about surface elves starting with a Harper book called Elfshadow. The book is great for introducing the different types of elves.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 7:41 am

@Sherrif those books of E.C. about surface elves are Evermeet and the Sword & Song series.... Both are quite excellent.

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