D&D (2024) Forgotten Realms Player Guide

[Osgood]

While the Realms isn’t my favorite setting (bring on the Eberron!), I’m pretty interested to see how these books turn out. I like the two book approach, and I think giving a handful of areas a more in depth treatment is probably better than just glossing over the entire continent.

I wonder though, will there be further expansion with other areas released, perhaps as standalone add-on on D&D Beyond. I seem to recall a mention of something like this a while back, and I think they released some content for Planescape that way… perhaps it was a test case. I could see doling out other regions—Cormyr, Thay, etc.—for a few bucks.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Baldur's Gate is not a "gritty medieval city". Nothing in current D&D is medieval (nor even gritty), and even less so the Sword Coast of Færûn.

If you want a gritty medieval setting for your D&D play, you should be using Harn, not anything from WotC.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As much as I love Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, we had excelent guides for both in BGDiA and RotF, I ran an entire campaign from level 1 to 7 using only the Baldur's gazetteer. I wish they published something about Neverwinter instead.

I'm not even a Forgotten Realms fan, but I remain frustrated that there wasn't a Neverwinter-set book that came out around the time of the movie, maybe set immediately in the aftermath, when surely there was a need for adventurers to pick up some of the pieces.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Grey Box had a primer to the realms in the players booklet, and the crunchier mechanics like subduing a dragon, wilderness traveling and some adventures on the DM's booklet. I think these new books will be similar: Player's book have character options, factions and general knowledge stuff like the gods, calendar and specifics about the species in the Realms, while the DM's book have the plot hooks, dungeons, maps, monsters and DM faced mechanical stuff.

The DM book will also have like details about nations and city states of FR.

 

[Parmandur]

The DM book will also have like details about nations and city states of FR.

It sounds like the general overview of the Realms will be in the Player's Book, the DM guide sounds like it is more focused on resources and specific preparation info.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

While the Realms isn’t my favorite setting (bring on the Eberron!), I’m pretty interested to see how these books turn out. I like the two book approach, and I think giving a handful of areas a more in depth treatment is probably better than just glossing over the entire continent.

I wonder though, will there be further expansion with other areas released, perhaps as standalone add-on on D&D Beyond. I seem to recall a mention of something like this a while back, and I think they released some content for Planescape that way… perhaps it was a test case. I could see doling out other regions—Cormyr, Thay, etc.—for a few bucks.

No way they call it Forgotten Realms Setting Guide and only cover Calimshan, Dalelands, Icewind Dale, Moonshae Isles, and BG, that's less then the SCAG and Storm Kings Thunder!!! No, those 5 regions are just the deeper dives, think Sharn's chapter in Eberron, only 5 of those instead of one, in other chapters. A broader overview of the rest of Faerun would be in another bigger chapter.

 

[Parmandur]

No way they call it Forgotten Realms Setting Guide and only cover Calimshan, Dalelands, Icewind Dale, Moonshae Isles, and BG, that's less then the SCAG and Storm Kings Thunder!!! No, those 5 regions are just the deeper dives, think Sharn's chapter in Eberron, only 5 of those instead of one, in other chapters. A broader overview of the rest of Faerun would be in another bigger chapter.

It seems the working title for the DM book is the Forgotten Realms Adventures Guide (not Setting), but the Beyibd article says that the general Setting details are in the player guide.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Maybe the often cited Red Wizards campaign will feature Neverwinter? It was the main target for the RW agenda in the Sword Coast in 4e.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Maybe the often cited Red Wizards campaign will feature Neverwinter? It was the main target for the RW agenda in the Sword Coast in 4e.

And in the movie.

 

[Parmandur]

Maybe the often cited Red Wizards campaign will feature Neverwinter? It was the main target for the RW agenda in the Sword Coast in 4e.

Moat likely, I think, that the DM-cebtric Adventure Ghide will have the Red Wizard campaign as an example template