Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions
Forgotten Realms in AD&D 1st Edition a better setting for adventures?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8834096" data-attributes="member: 6670763"><p>I thought so too for a very long time. Why would anyone want to play there when you can go to the Sword Coast or Thay instead? It didn't surprise me that there was barely any material for the area since 3rd edition.</p><p></p><p>But looking at the Grey Box, there is a lot of current events going on in 1357. Cormyr, Daggerdale, Scardale, the Moonsea Cities and the Zhentarim, and the abandoned elven ruins in Cormanthor are all interconnected in various ongoing conflicts.</p><p>I have not checked the 2nd edition Campaign Setting box for comparison like I did with The Savage Frontier and The North, but I think all of that got swept away with the timeline advance and not really replaced with anything interesting. At the very least the timeline advance to 3rd edition wiped everything clean. It's been ages, but I seem to remember that when I was reading the 3rd edition Campaign Setting book on the region, there were lots of cases where places were described by mentioning past troubles that are now finally over. Which is of course the opposite of what a campaign setting should provide.</p><p></p><p>I currently got more than enough on my plate with setting up a Savage Frontier campaign and tinkering on a new homebrew setting. But if the 1357 Savage Frontier campaign goes well next year, I am actually quite curious how much great adventure could be gained out of the 1357 Dalelands and Moonsea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yora, post: 8834096, member: 6670763"] I thought so too for a very long time. Why would anyone want to play there when you can go to the Sword Coast or Thay instead? It didn't surprise me that there was barely any material for the area since 3rd edition. But looking at the Grey Box, there is a lot of current events going on in 1357. Cormyr, Daggerdale, Scardale, the Moonsea Cities and the Zhentarim, and the abandoned elven ruins in Cormanthor are all interconnected in various ongoing conflicts. I have not checked the 2nd edition Campaign Setting box for comparison like I did with The Savage Frontier and The North, but I think all of that got swept away with the timeline advance and not really replaced with anything interesting. At the very least the timeline advance to 3rd edition wiped everything clean. It's been ages, but I seem to remember that when I was reading the 3rd edition Campaign Setting book on the region, there were lots of cases where places were described by mentioning past troubles that are now finally over. Which is of course the opposite of what a campaign setting should provide. I currently got more than enough on my plate with setting up a Savage Frontier campaign and tinkering on a new homebrew setting. But if the 1357 Savage Frontier campaign goes well next year, I am actually quite curious how much great adventure could be gained out of the 1357 Dalelands and Moonsea. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions
Forgotten Realms in AD&D 1st Edition a better setting for adventures?
Top