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And that would comprise near the totality of direct reference to the Realms in the PHB. There is also a half a sentence in the Dwarf entry, and a page of human FR ethnicities (which everyone totally uses right?). There is also a mention of Draconians from Dragonlance in the Dragonborn section.Arguably the explanation of magic in the PHB, ie, "The Weave", which is a Forgotten Realms concept (I won't weigh in on whether or not it's now intended to be a universal D&D concept, lest we inadvertently rile up fans of other D&D settings).
EDIT: or heck, our sample of character creation is Bruenor Battlehammer (the art proves that this is so), and my goodness, is that Drizzt Do'Urden on page 21? It surely is, and there's a blurb about him a few pages later:
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Also, for each of these, it is specifically mentioned which world these belong to rather than being a universal truth of all D&D settings.
Then there is the whole "worlds of adventure" section in the very beginning of the book where they rattle off like 8 or 10 different D&D settings.
Near the entire book is presented assiduously and purposefully without setting context (and the bits that aren't often feel out of place).
Maybe there is a whole population of Salvatore fans who have the right lens to see this crazy web of FR connections (I sincerely doubt it). But I can assure you as they are invisible to others, and I think that's for the best.
Edit: the whole "Worlds of Adventure" section is directly contrary to the assertion that the PHB is the Realms.
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