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Bishop the Bardican 08-02-03, 02:20 PM	I need a little help. I want to know as much as possible about the history of Faerun. I have the Elminster novels that tell of his early life, early Drizzt trilogy, and most of the 3ed realms sourcebooks (campaign setting, magic, races, east, faiths). The problem is that I really did not enjoy the novels, and I fear that most of the major events are recorded in the novels rather than the sourcebooks. Am I right or wrong? If I want as complete a view as possible of Faerunian history what are my best investments of time and money? A. 2ed campaign setting B. some old adventures C. more novels (sigh) D. other My main interests are the Lands of Intrigue, Silver Marches, and the Shining South in that order. No offence to fans of the novels, but it's probably too late for that.
Kuje31 08-02-03, 02:49 PM	Originally posted by Bishop the Bardican My main interests are the Lands of Intrigue, Silver Marches, and the Shining South in that order. The Lands of Intrigue box set from 2e has a lot of history in the sourcebooks that came with it. It can be found as a free product at the link below. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/2/fr_downloads/tsr1159.zip But also a lot of the realms history is NOT detailed, only bits and pieces of it and usually nation by nation. The North box set I believe also has history in it for the Silver Marches area. A lot of the old sourcebooks had a chapter on history. The North box set can be found on the link below. http://www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms/thenorth.asp
Faraer 08-02-03, 03:16 PM	The history of the Realms doesn't really consist of a string of major events, but of many struggles and intrigues in parallel. Most of the history of those regions is in sourcebooks. Lands of Intrigues summarizes the events of the dubious novel War in Tethyr, and Empires of the Shining Sea (http://store.yahoo.com/svgames-store/tsr9561esd.html) ties in with it. Get The Silver Marches (the only 3E supplement with substantial material by Ed), plus George Krashos's timeline of the Sword Coast North (download it here (http://www.geocities.com/lhacharr/html/realms.html)) will point you to other sources on that region. Other history-rich books include City of Splendors (Waterdeep), Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves, The Seven Sisters, Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark, Secrets of the Magister, FOR4 The Code of the Harpers, Prayers from the Faithful... The original 1987 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting is almost essential to understanding the spirit and origin of the Realms and giving context to the later supplements.
Bishop the Bardican 08-02-03, 03:24 PM	thanks kuje, just started looking at the pdf. there is a lot of information. i will definately get some miles out of this.
Kuje31 08-02-03, 04:06 PM	Originally posted by Bishop the Bardican thanks kuje, just started looking at the pdf. there is a lot of information. i will definately get some miles out of this. No problem. :)
kedi 08-03-03, 06:08 AM	If you read the 3E campaign setting you should know these things (history) read the geography and history, this should be useful And every realm lover should read (sigh) Avatar Trilogy great book
Bishop the Bardican 08-03-03, 01:32 PM	thanks kedi, i have read the 3ed sourcebook. in fact i have read and reskimmed all the books listed in the first message. i was hungry for every tibdit i could find. i can't remember what the avatar trilogy covers, gods on faerun or the chosen of mystra?
Lashan 08-04-03, 02:34 PM	I've also really enjoyed Mintiper's Chapbook (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/mc/mc20010829a) . It certainly doesn't have the volume of info that the sourcebooks have, but it is a bit of history that I feel gets overlooked. I like the format that it is presented in and the information that it gives. There is even a 3E conversion for all of it. As for the Avatar Triology, it is a matter of opinion. It depends on whether or not you like the pantheon of FR to act like a cheap daytime soap opera or not. The series explains the changes that underwant the FR from 1E to 2E DnD. Many people enjoy the novels and a good number of people dislike the novels. Personally, I dislike them and disklike what happens in them. It's all a matter of opinion, but certainly not a MUST read. If you didn't like the other novels, then you won't like that series.
Tempest of the 7 Storms 08-05-03, 06:17 AM	Basically ...just try to take a look at the downloads page at Wizards.com :) ....it contains a lot you might find interesting, like sourcebooks for The North, Savage Frontier, Lands of Intrigue, Vilhon Reach etc. Even the module 'How the Mighty are Fallen' (I think) contains info on the fate of Waukeen after the ToT. You might find something you can use. Classical Downloads (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads)
Kuje31 08-05-03, 12:55 PM	Originally posted by Tempest of the 7 Storms Basically ...just try to take a look at the downloads page at Wizards.com :) ....it contains a lot you might find interesting, like sourcebooks for The North, Savage Frontier, Lands of Intrigue, Vilhon Reach etc. Even the module 'How the Mighty are Fallen' (I think) contains info on the fate of Waukeen after the ToT. You might find something you can use. Classical Downloads (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads) For Duty and Deity is that modual. How the Mighty are Fallen is a Arcane Age modual. :)
Tempest of the 7 Storms 08-06-03, 03:41 AM	Sorry ...my mistake ;)
kedi 08-06-03, 09:56 AM	Avatar trilogy, times of troubles, gods on toril bla bla bla :D
Israfel666 08-06-03, 07:57 PM	The 2e supplements Heroes' / Villains' Lorebook are great IMO... they basically summarize all that happened in all the FR novels, but with more than a little detail.