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MIGHTYMIKEVERMONT 02-14-06, 05:45 PM	I'm an inexperieced DM (and player) and I was going to start a campaign for my son (he is 12 and even less experienced then me). I would like to use the FR setting, but just wing it with the 3.5 books. Is that something that can be done easily or would I be asking for trouble? :confused:
sillaric_culdanin 02-14-06, 07:05 PM	As someone who has DM's FR through a variety of editions I'd suggest dropping the $30-$40 bucks on Amazon for the FRCS. It will give you the basic framework at least and take a lot of the headaches away. A good second book is the Player Guide to Faerun, chocked full of cool FR goodies, feats, domains and spells and updates much of the FRCS from 3.0 to 3.5. Those are my $.02. Best of luck and welcome to the family! :cool:
Old Sparky 02-14-06, 08:00 PM	Don't forget to browse the Forgotten Realms corner of the WotC's website ((click here)) (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fr/welcome) for various web enhancements to the FR books, articles, NPC stats, and other useful content for bringing the setting to life... not to mention all the useful stuff that gets posted here, too! For that matter, there are several other websites dedicated to Forgotten Realms lore and other people's campaigns. After the official content at the WotC site, the next best place to go is the Candlekeep website. :cool:
loki87 02-15-06, 01:22 PM	How much do you know about the Forgotten Realms? Have read any of the novels or past supplements? If not, and you don't want to buy the Forgotten Realms Campaign Sourcebook (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786918365/) at the very least, I would highly recommend that you make up your own world or just use one of the generic D&D adventure books for now.
MIGHTYMIKEVERMONT 02-15-06, 04:05 PM	I have read alot of FR novels. It's not the money that makes me hesitate on getting any FR Campaign books. It's the fact that I have read (and understand for the most part) the 3.5 core books already. Also my son is the only one I have to play with and I would hate to purchase more books if he loses interest in this at some point. I just want to do it in a FR setting to save time since I know something about it. If my son wants to stick with it I would gladly get the FR books I need. I just want to kind of wing it for now and want to know how easy it would be, before I begin.
loki87 02-15-06, 04:46 PM	If you've read a lot of FR novels, then you have a good place to start. I would start small and work your way bigger. Pick a setting from one of the novels you like, preferably one with a map. Also, check to see if there are any free downloadable supplements (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads) that might apply to the location you're starting with. If you want to use any NPC's from the novels, you can just make up their stats based on your knowledge of the 3.5 rules. Accuracy isn't important, just make sure they fit within the constraints of your campaign. I'm betting you already have something in mind based on one or more of the novels you've read. If you want to post any thing like that or any specific novels you like, I could definitely help you get started.
MIGHTYMIKEVERMONT 02-15-06, 08:00 PM	Yea, I was thinking someplace around the Spine of the World. My son is a dwarf whose clan was wiped out by frost giants while he was away. So I was going to start with a minor village or town somewhere along the Spine of the World. Any sugguestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Omya 02-15-06, 08:47 PM	You should maybe get the FRCS, use the spine of the world and surrounding area and dont bother with anything else until you feel like you want to expand. Just homebrew your own little villiages, plotlines and what have you, making it as self contained and core as you can. You dont really need any books outside the PHB and MM, everthing else is just window dressing. If it's just for you and your son theres no need to go on a mad gamer spending spree, just have fun with what you have for now. Later on if the novelty of D&D sticks and you find yourselves wanting to go deeper down the rabbit hole, go and invest in the FR range. Maybe grab Dungeon magazine for a few adventure ideas, or haunt e-bay for some cheap stuff. Be warned though, I'd say its a fair asumption 4th edition D&D may be coming in the next year or so. :)
Old Sparky 02-15-06, 09:33 PM	We have 4th Edition already... they just tried to sneak it in under the name D&D 3.5e. :rolleyes: I wasn't fooled.
warlockco 02-16-06, 02:41 AM	Give the location that you are basing your campaign in, Silver Marches would be a good book to get. Some older material that you can get cheaply as pdfs ($4-$6) or even free: The North boxed set Savage Frontier Volo's Guide to the North Go here for a bunch of free pdfs of Realmslore: http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads The North and Savage Frontier are both free downloads at that link.
loki87 02-16-06, 09:08 AM	Yea, I was thinking someplace around the Spine of the World. My son is a dwarf whose clan was wiped out by frost giants while he was away. So I was going to start with a minor village or town somewhere along the Spine of the World. Any sugguestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Sounds like a great start. The supplement Silver Marches would be somewhat useful, but if you keep the adventure very localized to the Spine of the World itself, you don't even need that. Since those mountains aren't mapped and have no real government or large civilized populace (with the exception of Mirabar in the foothills), you can place your village almost anywhere in them. And since dwarves tend to live underground, I would recommend designing a small above ground village with a few buildings and a larger dungeon underneath it where most of the dwarves live(d), assuming you want to make the focus of the adventure the liberation of the village. Really, you don't need any books to create a dungeon crawl anywhere in Faerun.