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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9117103" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>1 <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28729/Forgotten-Realms-Campaign-Setting-3e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">3e Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.</a> It is deep and fairly comprehensive on areas and lore, includes stuff to establish a setting base comprehensively from the original setting through Time of Troubles, and into the post 2e morality code era of dark powers are plentiful and powerful in the Realms so that powerful NPCs cannot be expected to handle everything. Also Red Wizard enclaves in other lands being evil magical arms dealers with diplomatic immunity and pre Zzass Tam turning everybody undead is a great time period.</p><p></p><p>2 <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/51644/Grand-History-of-the-Realms-35?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Grand History of the Realms</a>. Statless well done timeline of intense lore book. Great for learning about ancient histories and power moves throughout the realms and takes things up through the end of 3.5 comprehensively with teasers about the 100 years leading up to 4e. If you want to know about the realms pre 4e this is a fantastic resource.</p><p></p><p>3 <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17569/Faiths--Avatars-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Faiths & Avatars.</a> 2e god book on the core pantheon and its major gods. Very lore heavy and includes details on the religious organizations and god stories that are fantastic. The 2e god books are some of my favorite D&D lore books period and this one establishes a lot of big FR important gods and religious information.</p><p></p><p>4 <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17535/Powers--Pantheons-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Powers & Pantheons.</a> 2e god book on the demigods of the core realms and the pantheons of Mulhorand (Egypt) and Unther (Mesopotamian). Includes stuff on the FR specific aspects such as Bast/Sharess crossover, but also a bunch that could be used in other settings using a fantasy Egypt pantheon (Paizo's Golarion, Frog God's Lost World, whatever).</p><p></p><p>5 <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17534/Demihuman-Deities-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Demihuman Deities</a>. 2e god book focusing on the nonhuman PC race pantheons. A bunch of stuff for the drow at a good point in the timeline, before any War of the Drow weirdness or 4e decimation of the pantheons and provides a good basis for understanding Lolth's kid deities, particularly the daughter who is important for surface drow in the Realms. For drow stuff this is a solid pantheon basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9117103, member: 2209"] 1 [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28729/Forgotten-Realms-Campaign-Setting-3e?affiliate_id=17596']3e Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.[/URL] It is deep and fairly comprehensive on areas and lore, includes stuff to establish a setting base comprehensively from the original setting through Time of Troubles, and into the post 2e morality code era of dark powers are plentiful and powerful in the Realms so that powerful NPCs cannot be expected to handle everything. Also Red Wizard enclaves in other lands being evil magical arms dealers with diplomatic immunity and pre Zzass Tam turning everybody undead is a great time period. 2 [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/51644/Grand-History-of-the-Realms-35?affiliate_id=17596']Grand History of the Realms[/URL]. Statless well done timeline of intense lore book. Great for learning about ancient histories and power moves throughout the realms and takes things up through the end of 3.5 comprehensively with teasers about the 100 years leading up to 4e. If you want to know about the realms pre 4e this is a fantastic resource. 3 [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17569/Faiths--Avatars-2e?affiliate_id=17596']Faiths & Avatars.[/URL] 2e god book on the core pantheon and its major gods. Very lore heavy and includes details on the religious organizations and god stories that are fantastic. The 2e god books are some of my favorite D&D lore books period and this one establishes a lot of big FR important gods and religious information. 4 [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17535/Powers--Pantheons-2e?affiliate_id=17596']Powers & Pantheons.[/URL] 2e god book on the demigods of the core realms and the pantheons of Mulhorand (Egypt) and Unther (Mesopotamian). Includes stuff on the FR specific aspects such as Bast/Sharess crossover, but also a bunch that could be used in other settings using a fantasy Egypt pantheon (Paizo's Golarion, Frog God's Lost World, whatever). 5 [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17534/Demihuman-Deities-2e?affiliate_id=17596']Demihuman Deities[/URL]. 2e god book focusing on the nonhuman PC race pantheons. A bunch of stuff for the drow at a good point in the timeline, before any War of the Drow weirdness or 4e decimation of the pantheons and provides a good basis for understanding Lolth's kid deities, particularly the daughter who is important for surface drow in the Realms. For drow stuff this is a solid pantheon basis. [/QUOTE]
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